Table 1 Body composition and metabolic characteristics of study subjects.

From: Adipose tissue hyaluronan production improves systemic glucose homeostasis and primes adipocytes for CL 316,243-stimulated lipolysis

 

Obese-Nl

(n = 15)

Obese-PD

(n = 15)

p-value

Body mass index (kg/m2)

37.9 ± 1.2

39.1 ± 1.3

0.50

Body fat (%)

47.7 ± 1.4

47.7 ± 1.4

0.99

IHTG content (%)

1.7 ± 0.1

16.6 ± 2.5

<0.01

Glucose (mg/dL)

87 ± 1

101 ± 3

<0.01

Insulin (µU/mL)

13 ± 2

27 ± 3

<0.01

HOMA-IR

2.9 ± 0.4

7.0 ± 1.0

<0.01

HbA1C (%)

5.0 ± 0.1

5.7 ± 0.2

<0.01

Triglyceride (mg/dL)

78 ± 7

132 ± 18

<0.01

HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)

55 ± 4

43 ± 3

0.01

LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)

91 ± 6

108 ± 6

0.08

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM. Two-tailed t-test.
  2. HbA1C hemoglobin A1C, IHTG intrahepatic triglyceride, HOMA-IR homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance, Obese-Nl obese with normal oral glucose tolerance, Obese-PD obese with prediabetes.
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