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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Obes (Lond). 2015 Apr 29;39(9):1365–1370. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2015.75

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics according to metabolic status after 10 years

Total (n=85) MHO at follow-up (n=30) MUO at follow-up (n=55) P
Age (years) 49.8 (12.0) 48.9 (11.0) 50.2 (12.6) 0.63
Female sex (%) 29 (34.1) 7 (23.3) 22 (40.0) 0.12
Menopause in women (%) 16 (55.2) 4 (57.1) 12 (54.5) 1.00
Body mass index (kg/m2) 27.0 (1.8) 26.6 (1.7) 27.2 (1.8) 0.12
Waist circumference (cm) 88.9 (6.4) 87.8 (5.0) 89.5 (7.0) 0.20
Alcohol consumption (%) 5 (5.9) 3 (10.0) 2 (3.6) 0.34
Current smoking (%) 10 (11.8) 1 (3.3) 9 (16.4) 0.09
Regular physical activity (%) 23 (27.1) 11 (36.7) 12 (21.8) 0.12
Daily energy intake (kcal/day) 1901.2 (627.5) 1976.4 (733.4) 1860.1 (564.6) 0.42
Calories from carbohydrate (%) 47.3 (7.4) 46.7 (7.1) 47.6 (7.6) 0.58
Calories from fat (%) 32.4 (5.5) 31.8 (6.2) 32.7 (5.1) 0.44
Calories from protein (%) 18.5 (3.7) 18.9 (3.2) 18.3 (4.0) 0.50
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 125.5 (12.7) 124.5 (13.6) 126.1 (12.3) 0.59
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 75.4 (7.5) 76.0 (8.8) 75.1 (6.8) 0.59
Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L) 5.33 (0.96) 5.22 (0.82) 5.39 (1.02) 0.44
2 hour plasma glucose (mmol/L) 7.66 (2.83) 7.18 (2.61) 7.92 (2.94) 0.25
Fasting plasma insulin (pmol/L) 83.3 (69.5 – 125.0) 79.9 (61.1 – 92.4) 97.2 (76.4 – 142.4) 0.001
HOMA-IR 2.92 (2.25 – 4.35) 2.45 (1.86 – 3.11) 3.36 (2.52 – 4.86) 0.002
Total cholesterol (mmol/L) 5.79 (1.04) 5.74 (1.02) 5.82 (1.06) 0.73
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L) 1.42 (0.30) 1.56 (0.31) 1.34 (0.26) 0.001
Triglycerides (mmol/L) 1.30 (0.99 – 1.48) 1.16 (0.72 – 1.45) 1.38 (1.12 – 1.63) 0.014
LDL cholesterol (mmol/L) 3.78 (0.93) 3.69 (0.90) 3.83 (0.95) 0.50
Subcutaneous abdominal fat (cm2) 185.9 (136.1 – 243.0) 157.9 (128.3 – 206.4) 210.1 (143.5 – 263.2) 0.012
Visceral abdominal fat (cm2) 89.5 (68.8 – 121.9) 76.3 (45.6 – 98.8) 101.1 (78.3 – 138.5) 0.005
Visceral to subcutaneous abdominal fat ratio 0.46 (0.32 – 0.64) 0.45 (0.30 – 0.66) 0.49 (0.33 – 0.63) 0.49
Subcutaneous thigh fat (cm2) 62.6 (43.0 – 91.9) 61.5 (43.8 – 90.3) 64.6 (42.4 – 92.2) 0.95

Data are expressed as mean (SD), median (inter-quartile range), or frequency (%). MHO, metabolically heathy obese; MUO, metabolically unhealthy obese