TABLE 4.

Characteristics of metabolically normal and metabolically abnormal obese human subjects

	Metabolically Normal Obese	Metabolically Abnormal Obese	P
Sex, n (male/female)	10 (2/8)	12 (2/10)
Age, y	48 ± 10	39 ± 12	0.062
Body mass index	35.1 ± 4.7	43.5 ± 9.3	0.015
Body fat mass, %	45 ± 7	48 ± 7	0.25
IHTG content, %	4.7 ± 3.9	11.6 ± 9.1	0.047
Glucose, mg/dl	97 ± 7	99 ± 9	0.594
Insulin, mU/L	8.9 ± 3.1	22.5 ± 7.0	0.00002
Total-cholesterol, mg/dl	170 ± 39	164 ± 26	0.681
LDL-cholesterol, mg/dl	100 ± 28	103 ± 19	0.795
HDL-cholesterol, mg/dl	48 ± 11	36 ± 6	0.010
Triglyceride, mg/dl	108 ± 58	121 ± 52	0.593

Data are mean ± SD. IHTG, intrahepatic triglyceride.