Table 2.
Bioclinical parameters and endocrine L-cell density in obese subjects
(Mean values with their standard errors, or numbers of subjects and percentages)
| Low fat eaters (n 16) | High fat eaters (n 33) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | sem | Mean | sem | P* | |
| Sex (n) | 0·09 | ||||
| Female | 15 | 24 | |||
| Male | 1 | 9 | |||
| Age (years) | 48·5 | 2·4 | 42·9 | 2·0 | 0·10 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 49·0 | 2·0 | 50·4 | 1·1 | 0·28 |
| Diabetes | 0·18 | ||||
| Yes | |||||
| n | 11 | 16 | |||
| % | 69 | 48 | |||
| No | |||||
| n | 5 | 17 | |||
| % | 31 | 52 | |||
| Energy intake† | <0·01 | ||||
| kcal/d | 1805 | 157 | 2212 | 111 | |
| kJ/d | 7557 | 657 | 9261 | 464 | |
| Proteins (%) | 18·2 | 1·1 | 20·0 | 0·6 | 0·17 |
| Lipids (%) | 27·2 | 1·0 | 39·5 | 0·8 | <0·0001 |
| Carbohydrates (%) | 54·4 | 1·7 | 40·5 | 1·0 | <0·0001 |
| L-cell density (cells/100 villi) | 35 | 18 | 57 | 4 | <0·005 |
* By Mann–Whitney or χ2 analysis.
† Energy intake was recorded using a food questionnaire and allowed classification into high fat and low fat eaters.