Table 2.

Demographic data of the patients participated in the study.

	Gender	Age	BMI	Glucose	LDL	HDL	Triglycerides	HbA1c	Insulin
		(years)	kg/m2	(mmol/L)	(mmol/L)	(mmol/L)	(mmol/L)	(%)	(μU/mL)
Lean	18M, 12F	25.7 ± 1.1	23.0 ± 0.3	5.1 ± 0.1	2.54 ± 0.26	1.35 ± 0.04	0.83 ± 0.09	5.8 ± 0.10	4.8 ± 0.60
Obese	11M, 19F	35.1 ± 2.3	39.1 ± 1.7*	5.4 ± 0.1	3.04 ± 0.16	1.18 ± 0.05	1.22 ± 0.12	5.6 ± 0.25	10.0 ± 1.5*
T2DM	15M, 5F	48.4 ± 3.0*σ	32.5 ± 1.9*	10.0 ± 1.1*σ	3.53 ± 0.19*	1.02 ± 0.05*σ	1.97 ± 0.23*σ	8.0 ± 0.62*σ	7.5 ± 2.6*
T2DM + Metformin	12M, 18F	47.1 ± 2.0*σ	40.5 ± 1.5*	10.0 ± 0.8*σ	2.60 ± 0.17δ	0.99 ± 0.04*σ	1.56 ± 0.16*	8.7 ± 0.35*σ	7.8 ± 1.5*

Results are presented as Mean ± S.E.M.

^*P < 0.05 vs. lean subjects;

^σP < 0.05 vs. obese;

^δP < 0.05 vs. T2DM.