Table 3.

Plasma insulin/glucose ratio.

Subjects	Glycemia	Insulinemia	Insulin/Glucose Ratio
	(mM)	(U/mL)	(µU per ml/mM)
Non-obese control subjects (n = 20)	4.78 ± 0.11	11.05 ± 0.88	2.31 ± 0.17
Obese control subjects (n = 20)	5.73 ± 0.07	28.18 ± 1.08	4.91 ± 0.16
Male MetS patients (n = 60)	7.56 ± 0.15	30.97 ± 0.49	4.16 ± 0.08
Female MetS patients (n = 40)	7.42 ± 0.17	33.14 ± 0.54	4.53 ± 0.09
Non-diabetic MetS patients (n = 25)	6.02 ± 0.08	30.38 ± 0.37	5.19 ± 0.12
Diabetic MetS patients (n = 75)	8.00 ± 0.09	32.33 ± 0.45	4.05 ± 0.07
Overweight MetS patients (n = 20)	6.82 ± 0.23	28.27 ± 0.38	4.26 ± 0.17
Obese MetS patients (n = 80)	7.68 ± 0.12	32.73 ± 0.40	4.32 ± 0.12