Table 1.

Characteristics of the study subjects^*.

	NGT		T2D/IGT
	Men	Women	Men	Women
N	60	96	186	163
Age (years)	50 ± 12	45 ± 12	58 ± 9	55 ± 10
BMI (kg/m2)	29.5 ± 8.8	37 ± 11.1	32.0 ± 5.3	33.5 ± 6.0
HbA1c (%)	5.9 ± 1.7	5.7 ± 0.6	8.2 ± 1.4	8.6 ± 1.5
FPG (mg/dL)	93 ± 19	92 ± 17	158 ± 49	171 ± 61
NAA (nmol/L)	249 [113]	227 [88]	249 [67]	239 [75]

^*entries are mean ± SD or median [interquartile range]; BMI, body mass index; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; NAA, N-acetylaspartate.