Table 2.

Characteristics of healthy subjects who completed the study (n=22)^a

Variable
Age, year	45.4 (13.7)
Sex, male to female ratio	13:9
Body mass index, kg/m2	25.5 (3.8)
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg	122.7 (14.1)
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg	77.2 (10.8)
Waist circumference, cm
Males	88.3 (9.6)
Females	89.2 (13.9)
Body fat, %
Males	18.1 (6.2)
Females	35.1 (8.2)
Fasting plasma glucose, mmol/l	5.4 (0.5)
Fasting plasma triacylglycerol, mmol/l	1.2 (0.5)
Fasting plasma total cholesterol, mmol/l	4.9 (1.0)
Fasting plasma LDL cholesterol, mmol/l	2.8 (0.8)
Fasting plasma HDL cholesterol, mmol/l	1.5 (0.4)
Males	1.3 (0.4)
Females	1.7 (0.3)

^aValues are means (S.D.).