Table 3.

Baseline characteristics and physiological measures ¹

	Healthy n = 10	Metabolic syndrome n = 10	P value
Age (years)	51.2 ± 1.4	53.1 ± 1.5	0.359
Weight (kg)	83.1 ± 1.9	102.2 ± 5.5	0.004
BMI (kg/m2)	26.6 ± 0.8	33.5 ± 1.9	0.003
Waist circumference (cm)	93.6 ± 2.3	111.9 ± 3.8	0.000
HOMA index	1.4 ± 0.1	2.5 ± 0.3	0.007
Fasting insulin (μUI/mL)	6.1 ± 0.5	9.6 ± 1.0	0.005
Fasting glucose (mg/dL)	5.1 ± 0.1	5.9 ± 0.4	0.101

¹All results presented as means ± SEM.