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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 17.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Appl Physiol. 2011 Jun 9;112(2):699–709. doi: 10.1007/s00421-011-2025-x

Table 1.

Subject demographics

Lean Obese MetSyn
Sex (M/F) 9/4 6/5 7/1
Age (years) 29 ± 2 24 ± 2 29 ± 3
Height (cm) 176 ± 2 175 ± 3 181 ± 3
Weight (kg) 74 ± 3 111 ± 8* 127 ± 8*
BMI (kg/m2) 24 ± 1 36 ± 2* 39 ± 3*
Waist (cm) 80 ± 3 109 ± 6* 121 ± 5*
FAV (mL) 1011 ± 50 1391 ± 104* 1546 ± 86*
MVC (kg) 41 ± 2 40 ± 4 47 ± 2
Glucose (mg/dL) 76 ± 4 72 ± 3 88 ± 4†
Triglyceride (mg/dL) 104 ± 16 96 ± 12 230 ± 40*†
HDL (mg/dL) 63 ± 5 58 ± 6 38 ± 7*
Blood pressure (mmHg) 92 ± 1 92 ± 2 101 ± 2*†

Lean n = 13, Obese n = 11, MetSyn n = 8 unless otherwise noted. Data are presented as Mean ± SE

BMI body mass index, FAV forearm volume, MVC maximal voluntary contraction

*

p < 0.05 versus lean

†

p < 0.05 versus obese. Waist (lean n = 12, obese n = 10, MetSyn n = 7), Glucose (obese n = 10)