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Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2013 May 31;21(11):2362–2371. doi: 10.1002/oby.20381

TABLE 1.

Subject characteristics, aerobic capacity and body composition.

	Lean	Class I Obese	Class II&III Obese
N	8	7	15
Race (AA/C)	1/7	1/6	9/6
Age (yrs)	41.6 ± 3.1^A	49.3 ± 1.5^B	48.3 ± 1.2^B
Weight (Kg)	61.5 ± 1.7^A	86.2 ± 2.8^B	118.2 ± 2.9^C
BMI (Kg/m²)	22.6 ± 0.5^A	32.1 ± 0.4^B	45.6 ± 1.1^C
Plasma glucose (mg/dl)	87.5 ± 1.8	92.3 ± 2.8	96.5 ± 3.6
Plasma Insulin (mU/L)	5.3 ± 0.5^A	11.5 ± 2.6^A	18.5 ± 1.8^B
HOMA-IR	1.2 ± 0.1^A	2.6 ± 0.6^A	4.5 ± 0.5^B
Fat Mass	19.4 ± 0.8^A	36.7 ± 1.1^B	61.4 ± 2.4^C
Fat Free Mass	38.7 ± 1.7^A	45.3 ± 1.8^B	52.5 ± 1.4^C
VO₂ Peak (ml/min)	1936 ± 151^AB	2274 ± 70^A	1897 ± 78^B
VO₂ Peak (ml/KgBW/min)	31.3 ± 1.8^A	26.5 ± 1.2^A	16.1 ± 0.6^B

Data are mean ± standard error. BW; body weight.

^A,B,C

denote significant differences between groups (P < 0.05, ANOVA).