Table 3.

BMI and HOMA-IR.

Group	BMI (kg/m2 )		HOMA-IR
	before weight loss	after weight loss	before weight loss	after weight loss
Group A	22.28 ± 1.68	22.08 ± 1.58	1.68 ± 0.87	1.63 ± 0.92
Group B	26.86 ± 2.34*	26.78 ± 2.25*	4.78 ± 1.86*	4.76 ± 1.85**
Group C	26.98 ± 2.16*	25.78 ± 2.12	4.83 ± 1.79*	4.16 ± 1.78*
Group D	27.24 ± 1.23*	24.61 ± 1.18	4.89 ± 1.78*	3.52 ± 1.76*
Group E	27.65 ± 1.15*	22.06 ± 1.22#@	4.92 ± 1.82*	2.78 ± 1.89*#@

*P<0.05, **P<0.01 vs. group A; ^#P<0.05 vs. group B; ^@P<0.05 vs. the group before weight loss.