. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.

Published in final edited form as: Obes Surg. 2015 Dec;25(12):2376–2385. doi: 10.1007/s11695-015-1708-5

Table 1.

Physical and clinical characteristics among eight lean and 16 obese individuals undergoing adipose biopsy

	Lean Mean±SD or N (%)	Obese	P value^a
N	8	16
Age (years)	44.5±5.5	46.3±2.8	0.80
Sex (female)	6 (75 %)	14 (88 %)	0.44
BMI (kg/m²)	23.9±0.9	40.6±1.2	<0.001
FPG (mg/dL)	82.5±2.2	138.4±12.8	<0.001
HbA1c	–	7.8±1.3	–

BMI bodymass index, FPG fasting plasma glucose, HbA1C glycosylated hemoglobin A1c

P values represent significance level of difference between lean and obese by Student t test for all values except gender, which is determined by chi-square