Table 1.

Clinical data of IGT patients and age-matched control subjects.

	Control	Patients with IGT
n	18	18
Sex (male/female)	9/9	9/9
Age (year)	56 ± 9	63 ± 11
Weight (kg)	79 ± 19	88 ± 17
Height (cm)	170 ± 11	168 ± 6
BMI (kg/m2)	27 ± 5	31 ± 6*
Systolic BP (mmHg)	130 ± 12	134 ± 17
Diastolic BP (mmHg)	81 ± 10	74 ± 9*
0 min glucose (mmol/l)	5.2 ± 0.4	6.0 ± 0.4**
120 min glucose (mmol/l)	5.5 ± 1.3	9.0 ± 1.0**
HbA1c (%)	5.4 ± 0.3	5.9 ± 0.4**

Values are represented as mean ± SD. Values are considered statistically significantly different at P < 0.05 (*), P < 0.0001 (**) compared with the control group.

IGT, impaired glucose tolerance; BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c.