Table 1.
Metabolic characteristics of study subjects.
| Parameters | All (n=16) |
Women (n=7) |
Men (n=9) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 49±20 | 48±18 | 50±22 | 0.898 |
| Racial distribution | ||||
| African American | 3 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Caucasian | 13 | 6 | 7 | - |
| Body weight (kg) | 77±19 | 98±17 | 0.038 | |
| Height (cm) | 160±6 | 172±7 | 0.003 | |
| Body mass index (kg•m−2) | 31±5 | 30±6 | 33±3 | 0.247 |
| % Body fat mass (%) | 39±6 | 42±7 | 36±5 | 0.060 |
| Fasting glucose (mg•dl−1) | 90±10 | 92±14 | 88±6 | 0.440 |
| Plasma triglyceride (mg•dl−1) | 109±70 | 81±40 | 131±83 | 0.171 |
| Plasma VLDL triglyceride (mg•dl−1) | 22±14 | 16±8 | 26±17 | 0.168 |
| Plasma total cholesterol (mg•dl−1) | 180±34 | 186±32 | 176±36 | 0.571 |
| Plasma LDL cholesterol (mg•dl−1) | 104±28 | 109±25 | 99±30 | 0.509 |
| Plasma HDL cholesterol (mg•dl−1) | 55±14 | 61±14 | 50±14 | 0.156 |
| L-HDL subclass (%) | 31±10 | 38±9 | 25±3 | 0.004 |
| I-HDL subclass (%) | 48±4 | 46±5 | 50±3 | 0.094 |
| S-HDL subclass (%) | 21±7 | 16±6 | 25±5 | 0.004 |
| L-HDL subclass (mg•dl−1) | 18±9 | 24±10 | 13±5 | 0.013 |
| I-HDL subclass (mg•dl−1) | 26±6 | 27±4 | 25±7 | 0.448 |
| S-HDL subclass (mg•dl−1) | 11±4 | 10±4 | 12±3 | 0.152 |
Data are presented as Mean±SD. The differences between the groups were evaluated using 2-tail, unequal distribution variance Student t-test. p<0.05 was considered statistically significant.