Table 2:
Baseline characteristics of the participants
| Total cohort (n = 30) |
Men (n = 15) |
Women (n = 15) |
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| Baseline characteristics | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | P-value |
| Age (years) | 26·1 | 4·8 | 26·7 | 4·3 | 25·5 | 5·2 | 0·4771 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25·3 | 3·6 | 25·6 | 3·5 | 25·1 | 3·8 | 0·7043 |
| Plasma TG* (mmol/L) | 0·9 | 0·6 | 0·9 | 0·4 | 1·0 | 0·7 | 0·9584 |
| Plasma HDL-C (mmol/L) | 1·4 | 0·3 | 1·3 | 0·3 | 1·4 | 0·2 | 0·1738 |
| Plasma LDL-C (mmol/L) | 2·5 | 0·8 | 2·5 | 0·8 | 2·4 | 0·8 | 0·7934 |
| Plasma glucose (mmol/L) | 4·5 | 0·4 | 4·4 | 0·4 | 4·5 | 0·4 | 0·5183 |
| HbA1c (%) | 5·0 | 0·3 | 5·1 | 0·3 | 5·0 | 0·3 | 0·6834 |
BMI = body mass index, TG = triglycerides, HDL-C = high-density lipoproteins cholesterol, LDL-C = low-density lipoproteins cholesterol, HbA1c = glycated hemoglobin. P values were evaluated by T test for unpaired measurements.
*For TG, the data was not normally distributed, and a nonparametric Mann-Whitney test was performed.