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. 2017 Apr 26;1(7):861–873. doi: 10.1210/js.2016-1108

Table 1.

Participant Characteristics

Men Women
Healthy Ow/Ob T2D Healthy Ow/Ob T2D
n 29 11 31 22 20 21
Age (y) 53 ± 20 45 ± 18 54 ± 6 47 ± 24 56 ± 19 61 ± 10
BMI (kg/m2)a,b,c 23.3 ± 2.3d 32.2 ± 3.1e 31.2 ± 4.0e 22.3 ± 2.4d 34.2 ± 4.8e 34.4 ± 5.4e
Waist (cm)a,b,c 86 ± 8d 109 ± 7e 111 ± 12e 74 ± 9d 102 ± 12e 110 ± 11e
Waist/hip ratioa,b 0.91 ± 0.06d 0.99 ± 0.04e 1.02 ± 0.06e 0.78 ± 0.07d 0.86 ± 0.08e 0.94 ± 0.09f
Body fat (%)a,b,c 21.3 ± 7.7d 33.7 ± 4.7e 30.2 ± 4.8e 30.9 ± 7.6d 47.5 ± 4.8e 46.8 ± 5.4e
FFM (kg)a,b 56.1 ± 6.0d 66.5 ± 5.5e 67.0 ± 8.9e 39.1 ± 3.5d 46.0 ± 6.6e 47.2 ± 6.2e
FFM index (kg/m2)g,h 18.3 ± 1.1i 21.3 ± 1.6j 21.6 ± 1.9j 15.3 ± 1.1i 17.8 ± 1.7j 18.1 ± 2.0j
REE (kcal/d)a,b 1552 ± 181d 1916 ± 237e 1832 ± 194e 1270 ± 129d 1506 ± 235e 1580 ± 265e
RQa,b,c 0.78 ± 0.05 0.83 ± 0.06 0.78 ± 0.05 0.80 ± 0.04d 0.77 ± 0.04d,e 0.76 ± 0.03e
FFAs (µmol/L)a 501 ± 186 491 ± 67 480 ± 154 744 ± 194 681 ± 174 798 ± 228
HOMA-IRh 2.18 ± 0.64i 2.78 ± 1.02i 7.01 ± 2.45j 1.98 ± 0.48i 3.70 ± 1.48j 7.11 ± 3.45k
Fasting insulin (pmol/L)h 58 ± 15i 72 ± 27i 120 ± 40j 53 ± 13i 95 ± 36j 126 ± 59j
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)h 5.4 ± 0.4i 5.3 ± 0.3i 8.6 ± 2.1j 5.1 ± 0.3i 5.4 ± 0.4j 8.6 ± 2.3k
Fasting glucagon (pmol/L)g 20 ± 7i 28 ± 11j 25 ± 10j 21 ± 7 20 ± 5 18 ± 5
Clamp IR indexes
Glucose Rd (mg/kg FFM/min)b 8.7 ± 2.4d 6.1 ± 1.4e 4.0 ± 0.9f 9.1 ± 1.8d 6.5 ± 1.6e 4.9 ± 1.0f
M/I indexb 12.5 ± 5.3d 6.7 ± 3.1e 1.8 ± 1.9f 12.6 ± 4.0d 6.1 ± 2.3e 2.8 ± 3.0f
Hepatic IR indexa,b −4.6 ± 1.5d −3.7 ± 1.2d,e −3.5 ± 1.3e −5.6 ± 1.4d −4.3 ± 1.4e −4.2 ± 1.7e

Data are means ± SD.

Abbreviation: REE, resting energy expenditure.

M/I index = Δ glucose Rd (mg/kg FFM/min)/clamp plasma insulin (pmol/L) × 1000.

Hepatic IR index = Δ glucose Ra (mg/kg FFM/min)/clamp plasma insulin (pmol/L) × 1000.

Analysis by two-factor ANOVA:

a

Sex effect.

b

Group effect.

c

Sex-by-group interaction, P < 0.05.

d,e,f

Within each sex, groups with different superscripts differ by post hoc Bonferroni test, P < 0.05.

g

Sex effect by Mann–Whitney U test, P < 0.05.

h

Group effect by Kruskal–Wallis test in both sexes.

i,j,k

Within each sex, groups with different superscripts differ by post hoc Mann–Whitney U test, P < 0.05.