Table 2.

Correlation between fasting and postprandial (at 360 min) MNC gene expression of IL-6 and TNFα in lean, insulin sensitive (LIS) and obese, insulin resistant (OIR) subjects

		LIS Fasting	LIS Postprandial	OIR Fasting	OIR Postprandial
Within subject	Pearson’s r	0.60	0.55	0.14	0.13
	P value	0.005	0.011	0.566	0.605
Between subject	Pearson’s r	0.88	0.51	0.23	−0.10
	P value	0.002	0.161	0.548	0.800