Table 1.

Clinical and biochemical characteristics of the obese patients

Parameters	All patients (N = 69)	Males (N = 39)	Females (N = 30)
Years old	43.71 ± 12.72	44.05 ± 13.19	43.25 ± 12.47
BMP-4(pg/mL)	763.98 ± 324.11	727.83 ± 316.48	813.85 ± 333.41
BMI(kg/m2)	33.64 ± 5.17	32.69 ± 5.12	34.91 ± 5.04
Weight(kg)	96.16 ± 15.80	98.36 ± 15.11	93.20 ± 16.49
NC(cm)	40.56 ± 3.61	41.97 ± 2.72*	38.64 ± 3.83
WC(cm)	107.21 ± 9.64	107.08 ± 9.17	107.40 ± 10.51
HC(cm)	110.46 ± 10.76	108.80 ± 9.09	112.80 ± 12.55
WHR	0.97 ± 0.05	0.98 ± 0.05*	0.95 ± 0.05
SBP(mmHg)	136.86 ± 15.10	139.11 ± 13.58	133.78 ± 16.85
DBP(mmHg)	85.22 ± 10.16	86.19 ± 10.01	83.89 ± 10.50
ALT(U/L)	34.37 ± 14.13	34.24 ± 12.43	34.53 ± 16.18
AST(U/L)	25.64 ± 9.89	24.79 ± 9.33	26.60 ± 10.56
FPG(mmol/L)	8.60 ± 3.78	8.06 ± 3.86	9.24 ± 3.63
FINS(uU/mL)	25.63 ± 13.19	23.10 ± 11.43	29.28 ± 14.87
C-peptide(ng/mL)	3.71 ± 1.19	3.66 ± 1.40	3.78 ± 0.84
HOMA-IR	10.09 ± 9.79	7.65 ± 5.06*	13.26 ± 13.16
HbA1C %	7.27 ± 1.56	7.23 ± 1.70	7.32 ± 1.40
TC(mmol/L)	5.66 ± 1.13	5.68 ± 1.14	5.62 ± 1.14
TG(mmol/L)	3.05 ± 2.68	3.42 ± 3.08	2.57 ± 2.02
HDL-C(mmol/L)	1.17 ± 0.27	1.06 ± 0.18**	1.31 ± 0.30
LDL-C(mmol/L)	3.30 ± 0.90	3.34 ± 0.76	3.24 ± 1.06
CRP(mg/L)	3.47 ± 4.11	2.72 ± 3.20	4.58 ± 5.03
FFA(mmol/L)	0.57 ± 0.18	0.53 ± 0.17*	0.64 ± 0.17
UA(umol/L)	403.14 ± 100.54	446.94 ± 95.43**	348.75 ± 78.68
FT3(pmol/L)	4.87 ± 0.51	5.10 ± 0.49**	4.56 ± 0.36
FT4(pmol/L)	16.00 ± 2.13	16.64 ± 2.18*	15.13 ± 1.75
TSH(mU/L)	2.03 ± 0.85	1.80 ± 0.74*	2.35 ± 0.90
%fat trunk/%fat Legs	1.29 ± 0.16	1.35 ± 0.12*	1.19 ± 0.16
Total fatmass(kg)	95.60 ± 15.27	98.07 ± 14.53	92.03 ± 16.02
Trunkfat%	41.49 ± 5.61	38.41 ± 4.62**	44.95 ± 3.54
Est. VAT Area(cm2)	226.07 ± 50.38	210.71 ± 44.20*	247.76 ± 51.80
Total fat%	38.11 ± 6.31	34.41 ± 4.62**	43.45 ± 4.25
Trunk fatmass(g)	20.30 ± 4.84	19.04 ± 4.68*	22.06 ± 4.64
Trunk/limb fat mass ratio	1.45 ± 0.25	1.50 ± 0.24	1.36 ± 0.24

Student’s t-test was used. Compared to females, *P < 0.05, **P < 0.001