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. 2021 Sep 25;13(10):3365. doi: 10.3390/nu13103365

Table 1.

Characteristics of study participants at the Fasted Visit, stratified by weight group. Significance denoted with unadjusted p-value < 0.05 (bolded).

Categorical Variables OVOB Lean p -Value 1
n (%) n (%)
sex
    Male 97 (43%) 26 (47%) 0.5254
    Female 131 (57%) 29 (53%)
race
    Asian/Pacific Islander 4 (2%) 4 (7%) 0.1745
    African American/Black 59 (26%) 12 (22%)
    White 135 (59%) 32 (58%)
    more than one race 19 (8%) 6 (11%)
    did not wish to report 11 (5%) 1 (2%)
ethnicity
    Hispanic 18 (8%) 5 (9%) 0.7707
    non-Hispanic 210 (92%) 50 (91%)
abnormal 2-hr plasma glucose (≥140 mg/dL)
    Yes 16 (7%) 3 (5%) 0.6776
    No 212 (93%) 52 (95%)
abnormal fasting plasma glucose (≥100 mg/dL)
    Yes 8 (4%) 1 (2%) 0.5213
    No 220 (96%) 54 (98%)
ADA prediabetes (FPG≥ 100 mg/dL or 2-hr PG ≥ 140 mg/dL or HbA1c ≥ 5.7%)
    Yes 35 (15%) 6 (12%) 0.4009
    No 193 (85%) 49 (88%)
Continuous Variables OVOB Lean p -Value 2
Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
    age (years) 12.9 (2.5) 13.0 (2.6) 0.7301
    BMI percentile 95 (4) 59 (27) 7.52 −14
    HOMA-IR 5.13 (2.99) 2.80 (1.21) 3 4.53 −8
    HbA1c 5.2 (0.3) 5.1 (0.3) 3 0.2082
    fast time (hours) 14.0 (1.3) 14.1 (1.4) 0.7606
fasting OGTT response
    glucose (t0) (mg/dL) 84 (8) 85 (8) 0.7475
    glucose (t30) (mg/dL) 126 (22) 132 (25) 0.1119
    glucose (t60) (mg/dL) 112 (29) 117 (26) 0.2182
    glucose (t90) (mg/dL) 107 (26) 106 (21) 0.6263
    glucose (t120) (mg/dL) 102 (24) 98 (22) 0.2562
    insulin (t0) (µU/mL) 24 (14) 13 (5) 3 1.55 × 10−8
    insulin (t30) (µU/mL) 194 (132) 112 (72) 4.09 × 10−9
    insulin (t60) (µU/mL) 156 (117) 87 (53) 7.04 × 10−10
    insulin (t90) (µU/mL) 145 (126) 80 (56) 2.69 × 10−8
    insulin (t120) (µU/mL) 133 (117) 65 (57) 2.42 × 10−9
    AUC glucose 3121 (2112) 3294 (1711) 0.5228
    AUC insulin 17,223 (11,206) 9648 (5468) 1.33 × 10−11

1 Represents Pearson’s chi-square test for categorical variables. 2 Represents unpaired t-test for continuous variables. 3 n = 54.