Table 3.
Baseline characteristics of the subjects.
| Uygur | Kazak | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal (6#) | Obesity (6) | T2DM (6) | Normal (6) | Obesity (6) | T2DM (6) | |
| Age (y) | 41 ± 6 | 40 ± 2 | 50 ± 6 | 46 ± 6 | 39 ± 5 | 42 ± 6 |
| Body weight (kg) | 59.0 ± 6.33* | 75.10 ± 14.01 | 80.17 ± 6.56 | 63.40 ± 10.32* | 79.67 ± 13.11 | 82.43 ± 15.23 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 23.46 ± 1.55* | 38.06 ± 1.922 | 36.27 ± 2.97 | 23.77 ± 3.52* | 31.74 ± 1.73 | 33.43 ± 1.83 |
| WHR | 0.886 ± 0.490* | 0.948 ± 0.325 | 0.953 ± 0.451 | 0.867 ± 0.470* | 0.951 ± 0.324 | 0.944 ± 0.534 |
| Total lipid contents (%) | 0.214 ± 0.123 | 0.301 ± 0.118 | 0.292 ± 0.145 | 0.226 ± 0.098 | 0.318 ± 0.157 | 0.298 ± 0.088 |
| VF/SAF | 0.46 ± 0.22 | 0.56 ± 0.18& | 0.54 ± 0.13& | 0.42 ± 0.19 | 0.40 ± 0.22 | 0.39 ± 0.10 |
| Fasting blood glucose (mg/dL) | 4.58 ± 0.24 | 5.67 ± 0.15 | 9.89 ± 2.44 | 4.29 ± 0.18 | 6.24 ± 0.48 | 9.44 ± 2.86 |
T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus; VF, visceral fat; SAF, subcutaneous abdominal fat; all such values were expressed as mean ± SD (n = 6; 3 males and 3 females, resp.); #the number of subjects in one group; * P < 0.05 in the same ethnic group; & P < 0.05 in different ethnic group.