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. 2012 Oct 2;5(5):641–647. doi: 10.1159/000343507

Table 1.

Means (SD) of baseline characteristics by IR and diet

Variable NIR (n = 121)
p valuea IR (n = 64)
p valuea
LGI (n = 61) HGI (n = 60) LGI (n = 32) HGI (n = 32)
Age, years 37.4 (5.4) 37.7 (5.3) 0.70

37.3 (5.1) 37.4 (5.7) 0.91 37.8 (5.3) 37.6 (5.4) 0.83



Body weight, kg 67.9 (6.9) 68.6 (7.2) 0.53

67.5 (7.0) 68.3 (6.9) 0.50 68.1 (6.2) 69.0 (8.2) 0.60

Height, cm 160.5 (6.0) 159.8 (5.7) 161.1 (6.3) 0.22 160.1 (6.6) 159.7 (6.6) 160.5 (6.7) 0.72 0.61

Waist circumference, cm 80.9 (5.37) 80.6 (5.7) 80.9 (5.1) 0.81 82.7 (4.9) 82.6 (5.0) 82.7 (5.0) 0.02 0.92

Hip circumference, cm 104.5 (5.7) 104.5 (5.6) 104.4 (5.9) 0.96 103.9 (5.7) 103.4 (5.8) 104.3 (5.8) 0.52 0.54

BMI, kg/m2 26.3 (2.0) 26.4 (1.8) 26.3 (2.1) 0.83 26.7 (1.8) 26.7 (1.7) 26.7 (1.9) 0.21 0.93

Waist-to-hip ratio 0.77 (0.05) 0.77 (0.05) 0.78 (0.05) 0.68 0.80 (0.06) 0.80 (0.06) 0.79 (0.05) 0.004 0.68

Glucose, mg/dl 82.0 (9.8) 81.9 (11.2) 82.0 (8.1) 0.95 93.3 (20.0) 91.4 (14.0) 95.2 (24.6) <0.001 0.46

Insulin, µU/ml 9.5 (2.0) 9.47 (2.00) 9.47 (2.05) 0.98 15.9 (4.3) 15.66 (4.36) 16.09 (4.38) <0.001 0.70

HOMA-IR 1.90 (0.41) 1.90 (0.40) 1.91 (0.42) 0.90 3.57 (0.94) 3.50 (1.01) 3.63 (0.86) <0.001 0.57

LGI = Low glycemic index; HGI = high glycemic index.

a

t-test.