Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of cohort
| Characteristic | Insulin resistant (n = 40) |
Insulin sensitive (n = 40) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 36.4 ± 6.3 | 35.7 ± 5.7 | 0.57 |
| Weight (kg) | 116.8 ± 16.7 | 110.1 ± 11.7 | 0.04 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 42.7 ± 4.7 | 39.1 ± 3.0 | 8.37 × 10−5 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 129.8 ± 11.9 | 122.3 ± 11.1 | 0.0061 |
| fP Glucose (mmol/l) | 6.0 ± 1.3 | 5.1 ± 0.4 | 9.07 × 10−5 |
| fS Insulin (pmol/l) | 127 ± 39 | 29 ± 8 | 1.29 × 10−25 |
| HOMA-IR | 5.6 ± 2.0 | 1.1 ± 0.3 | 7.11 × 10−23 |
| fS Cholesterol (mmol/l) | 4.6 ± 1.1 | 4.5 ± 0.9 | 0.64 |
| fS HDL-cholesterol (mmol/l) | 1.1 ± 0.4 | 1.2 ± 0.3 | 0.78 |
| fS Triacylglycerols (mmol/l) | 1.45 ± 0.7 | 1.02 ± 0.4 | 0.000786 |
Data are means ± SD; all participants are women
Groups were compared with t test
fP, fasting plasma; fS, fasting serum