Table 1.

Characteristics and clinical parameters of volunteers

Abbreviations used: DXA, dual energy X-ray absorptiometry; HbA1c, glycohemoglobin; μu, microunit; mu, milliunit. Square brackets represent the range of minimum to maximum values of each parameter.

Characteristics
Subjects	40
Male	11
Female	29
Age, mean (S.D.) [range]	47 (11) [23–66]
Clinical parameters, mean (S.D.) [range]
Height (cm)	167.1 (9.5) [152.2–191.4]
Weight (kg)	106.1 (21.1) [77.0–180.1]
BMI (kg/m2)	37.9 (5.7) [31.0–54.4]
Waist circumference (cm)	113.4 (13.8) [90.9–158.1]
Total body fat percentage by DXA (%)	47.4 (5.9) [33.0–58.2]
Cholesterol (mg/dl)
Total	190 (31) [120–259]
HDL	52 (14) [27–81]
LDL	115 (30) [42–170]
Triglycerides (mg/dl)	114 (47) [35–250]
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)	129 (12) [103–153]
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg)	75 (11) [53–100]
SI (× 10−4) (min−1 × μu−1 × ml)	1.34 (0.59) [0.51–2.83]
Fasting glucose (mg/dl)	100 (8) [82–117]
Fasting insulin (μu/ml)	17.3 (9.4) [3.0–41.3]
HOMA-IR (mu/liter × mmol/liter)	4.42 (2.96) [0.60–11.73]
HbA1c (%)	5.4 (0.5) [4.4–6.5]
hsCRP (mg/liter)	4.7 (3.9) [0.6–14.5]