Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics according to the shape of the plasma glucose curve

		Shape of the glucose curve		p-value
		Monophasic	Biphasic
N		97	24	–
Age – years		51.96 ± 12.49	51.58 ± 10.73	0.893
Female sex – n (%)		73 (75.3)	20 (83.3)	0.401
White ethnicity – n (%)		82 (87.2)	18 (75.0)	0.137
BMI – kg/m2		31.36 ± 6.34	29.56 ± 4.48	0.192
Nutritional status – n (%)a	Lean	15 (15.5)	3 (12.5)	0.140
	Overweight	28 (28.9)	12 (50.0)
	Obese	54 (55.7)	9 (37.5)
Waist circumference – cm	Male	109.02 ± 14.98	94.00 ± 9.06	0.065
	Female	101.04 ± 14.42	96.71 ± 7.37	0.075
Blood pressure – mmHg	Systolic	136.93 ± 23.32	134.24 ± 18.93	0.608
	Diastolic	84.05 ± 13.00	86.63 ± 11.76	0.387

^aLean: BMI < 25 kg/m²; Overweight: BMI ≥ 25 kg/m² and < 30 kg/m²; Obese: BMI ≥ 30 kg/m²