Table 1.

Subject Characteristics

	Lean	Obese	P
n	12	9
Age, years	22.5 ± 4.9	29.4 ± 4.9	0.005
Weight, kg	77.8 ± 8.8	113.7 ± 14.7	<0.001
Height, cm	183.0 ± 7.0	181.8 ± 7.7	0.7
BMI, kg/m2	23.2 ± 1.9	34.4 ± 3.4	<0.001
Body surface area, m2	1.99 ± 0.14	2.33 ± 0.19	<0.001
Lean soft tissue mass, kg	57.8 ± 6.3	65.6 ± 7.5	0.02
Fat mass, kg	16.1 ± 5.4	44.2 ± 9.3	<0.001
Body fat, %	20.6 ± 5.7	38.8 ± 4.5	<0.001

Results are means ± SD. Boldface indicates significant P values.