Table 1.

Anthropometrical and clinical parameters of volunteers^a

	Lean (n = 9)	Obese (n = 9)	p
Energy intake, kcal/day	2,766.7 ± 258.7	2,799.1 ± 171.4	0.918
BMI, kg/m2	23.1 ± 0.4	34.7 ± 1.2	0.000
Waist circumference, cm	78.7 ± 1.2	105.7 ± 2.6	0.000
Waist/height ratio	0.45 ± 0.01	0.60 ± 0.01	0.000
Leptin, ng/ml	8.3 ± 2.6	33.3 ± 4.6	0.000
Adiponectin, µg/ml	20.1 ± 3.3	10.0 ± 1.7	0.037
Glucose, mg/dl	90.3 ± 3.9	92.7 ± 2.3	0.070
QUICKI	0.40 ± 0.00	0.35 ± 0.01	0.004
Triglycerides, mg/dl	85.0 ± 6.7	142.2 ± 10.6	0.001
Total cholesterol, mg/dl	167.4 ± 17.7	188.5 ± 6.3	0.008
HDL cholesterol, mg/dl	43.3 ± 1.7	40.0 ± 2.4	0.059
Total/HDL cholesterol ratio	3.5 ± 0.2	5.0 ± 0.3	0.003
SBP, mm Hg	122.5 ± 3.6	139.1 ± 2.8	0.002
DBP, mm Hg	74.0 ± 2.2	82.8 ± 3.0	0.002

HDL = high-density lipoprotein; LDL = low-density lipoprotein;

QUICKI = quantitative insulin-sensitivity check index; SBP = systolic blood pressure; DBP = diastolic blood pressure.

^aValues are means ± S.E.M. Independent Student’s t-test or Mann-Whitney U-test was performed, as appropriate, depending on the results of Kolmogorov-Smirnoff and Shapiro-Wilk normality tests.