Table 3.

Levels of insulin and C-peptide in plasma and IR of MetS patients and healthy control subjects

Group	Insulin (uIU/ml)	C-peptide (ng/ml)	IR
I (a)	3.15 ± 1.099	0.525 ± 0.0450	0.7 ± 0.024
I (b)	2.97 ± 1.124	0.501 ± 0.0362	0.6 ± 0.021
II (a)	3.62 ± 1.331	0.647 ± 0.0513	0.83 ± 0.031
II (b)	3.47 ± 1.452	0.632 ± 0.0421	0.78 ± 0.024
III (a)	9.42 ± 1.117	0.963 ± 0.0582	3.33 ± 0.047
III (b)	8.97 ± 1.884	0.911 ± 0.0640	3.14 ± 0.072
IV (a)	9.16 ± 1.681	0.945 ± 0.0537	3.31 ± 0.078
IV (b)	9.02 ± 1.524	0.933 ± 0.0528	3.21 ± 0.064

All values are expressed as Mean ± SD