Table 1.

Characteristics for donors of rectus abdominus skeletal muscle.

Characteristic	Group
	Obese (n = 8)	Obese Diabetic (n = 8)
Sex	Female n = 5 Male n = 3	Female n = 5 Male n = 3
Age (years)	45.9 ± 4.9	48.6 ± 3.5
Weight (kg)	106.9 ± 6.8	114.2 ± 7.3
Height (m)	1.6 ± 0.0	1.7 ± 0.0
BMI	40.2 ± 1.8	39.5 ± 1.8
Fasting Blood Glucose (mmol/L)	5.3 ± 0.1	10.8 ± 1.5 *
Plasma Insulin (µU/L)	9.5 ± 1.4	15.6 ± 2.6
Hba1c %	5.5 ± 0.1	8.8 ± 0.8 *
Cholesterol	5.1 ± 0.5	4.9 ± 2.6
Fasting Triglycerides	1.4 ± 0.2	2.6 ± 0.6
HDL-cholesterol	1.4 ± 0.1	1.1 ± 0.1 *
LDL-cholesterol	3.0 ± 0.4	3.2 ± 0.5

Values are expressed as means ± SEM. * Indicates a significant difference between obese and obese Diabetic groups (p < 0.05).