Table 1 Participants’ characteristics.

From: Sex differences in central insulin action: Effect of intranasal insulin on neural food cue reactivity in adults with normal weight and overweight

 

Normal weight (NW)

Overweight/obesity (OW)

p-value

women

men

women

men

N

20

17

10

13

–

Age [years]

42.55 (3.41)

40.29 (3.99)

42.9 (5.35)

47.08 (3.9)

0.514

BMI [kg/m2]

22.9 (0.25)

22.66 (0.49)

27.5 (0.7)

27.01 (0.5)

<0.001

Fasting glucose [mmol/l]

4.96 (0.09)

5.12 (0.11)

4.95 (0.18)

5.09 (0.09)

0.415

Fasting insulin [pmol/l]

62.9 (4.66)

50.65 (5.71)

95.3 (37.26)

70 (8.9)

0.151

Body fat [%]

30.9 (0.96)

16.4 (0.93)

38.23 (1.09)

18.82 (1.04)

<0.001

Insulin sensitivity, OGTT-derived [AU] (ISIMatsuda)

16.41 (1.6)

18.9 5 (3.13)

18.84 (4.78)

14.78 (2.37)

0.715

HbA1c [mmol/mol]

35.25 (0.62)

34.24 (0.69)

36.2 (0.83)

36.92 (1.14)

0.175

HbA1c [%]

5.39 (0.06)

5.29 (0.06)

5.48 (0.07)

5.52 (0.1)

0.162

  1. Values in the table given as mean (SEM).
  2. p-values: non-parametrical Kruskal-Wallis-H-Test between the 4 groups.
  3. BMI Body mass index, ISIMatsuda Matsuda peripheral insulin sensitivity index.
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