. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2019 Apr 19;27(6):957–962. doi: 10.1002/oby.22463

Table 1.

Body composition and metabolic characteristics of the study participants

	Mean ± SE	Range
Age (yr)	45 ± 1	20–66
Body mass index (kg/m²)	37.6 ± 1.1	19.3–68.6
Fat-free mass (FFM) (kg)	56.1 ± 1.4	36.9–87.4
Fat mass (kg)	49.7 ± 2.3	8.1–123.1
Fat mass (% body weight)	45.6 ± 1.0	11.8–59.7
Glucose (mg/dL)	96 ± 1	81–121
Insulin (mU/L)	18.7 ± 1.3	2.2–50.9
Free fatty acids (μmol/L)^*	576 ± 19	320–1016
Triglyceride (mg/dL)^*	132 ± 8	31–327
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)^*	45 ± 2	24–97
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)^*	109 ± 4	59–240
HOMA-IR	4.4 ± 0.3	0.5–12.4
HISI [100/(μmol/kg FFM/min x mU/L)]	0.56 ± 0.07	0.13–3.07
Glucose Rd during insulin infusion (μmol/kg FFM/min)	53 ± 3	17–131
Glucose Rd during insulin infusion (% increase )	217 ± 18	16–731

N=71

HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; HOMA-IR, Homeostatic Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance; HISI, hepatic insulin sensitivity index; Glucose Rd, glucose rate of disappearance from plasma.