Table 1 Patients characteristics.

From: Insulin resistance is linked to a specific profile of immune activation in human subjects

Characteristic

Variable

All profiles

Profile 1

(N = 43)

Profile 2

(N = 22)

Profile 3

(N = 39)

Profile 4

(N = 41)

Profile 5

(N = 5)

Age

Mean (SD)

61.7 (4.3)

61.4 (4.6)

61.8 (4.8)

62.8 (4.3)

61.2 (3.8)

61.0 (2.1)

Sex

Female

%

48

67

23

59

39

20

Male

%

52

33

77

41

61

80

Ethnicity

African

%

8

10

14

10

2

0

Caucasian

%

92

90

86

90

98

100

Body Mass Index

Mean (SD)

26.6 (4.6)

25.6 (4.9)

27.3 (5.0)

26.8 (4.0)

27.4 (4.9)

25.8 (4.8)

Waist circumference (cm)

Mean (SD)

88.8 (13.3)

85.5 (14.2)

93.4 (14.0)

87.6 (10.5)

90.6 (13.3)

90.8 (16.3)

Female

Mean (SD)

81.5 (10.8)

78.2 (11.2)

80.6 (9.0)

83.6 (10.9)

83.4 (10.8)

95.0

Male

Mean (SD)

95.5 (11.5)

94.5 (11.8)

95.4 (10.7)

96.9 (13.1)

94.9 (12.3)

91.7 (9.8)

Hip circumference (cm)

Mean (SD)

100.5 (8.6)

99.5 (8.6)

99.6 (8.7)

102.2 (8.3)

100.6 (8.6)

97.2 (10.2)

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

Mean (SD)

138 (17)

137 (20)

141 (12)

137 (17)

138 (19)

137 (20)

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

Mean (SD)

83 (10)

81 (11)

84 (8)

83 (10)

82 (10)

84 (9)

Glycemia (mM)

Mean (SD)

5.58 (1.17)

5.54 (1.51)

6.16 (1.70)

5.36 (0.69)

5.56 (0.82)

5.40 (0.60)

Cholesterol (mM)

Mean (SD)

2.24 (0.45)

2.22 (0.36)

2.26 (0.55)

2.20 (0.53)

2.25 (0.42)

2.31 (0.42)

HDL (mM)

Mean (SD)

0.59 (0.16)

0.65 (0.20)

0.55 (0.14)

0.60 (0.13)

0.55 (0.13)

0.58 (0.13)

LDL (mM)

Mean (SD)

1.42 (0.38)

1.36 (0.30)

1.40 (0.45)

1.40 (0.43)

1.49 (0.39)

1.49 (0.38)

Triglyceridemia (mM)

Mean (SD)

1.19 (0.68)

1.12 (0.64)

1.54 (1.03)

1.09 (0.54)

1.15 (0.59)

1.26 (0.57)

Insulinemia (μU/mL)

Mean (SD)

10.2 (6.3)

9.7 (5.6)

13.3 (9.2)

9.3 (5.4)

10.1 (5.7)

9.5 (7.3)

Antidiabetic therapy

Number (%)

9 (6%)

4 (9%)

3 (14%)

1 (3%)

1 (2%)

0 (0%)

Antihyperlipidemic therapy

Number (%)

31 (21%)

6 (14%)

8 (36%)

10 (26%)

6 (15%)

0 (0%)

High blood pressure therapy

Number (%)

36 (24%)

8 (19%)

7 (32%)

10 (26%)

8 (19%)

0 (0%)