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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of study participants

From: Abnormal epigenetic changes during differentiation of human skeletal muscle stem cells from obese subjects

 

Non-obese (N = 14)

Obese (N = 14)

P value

Men/Women

7/7

8/6

 

Age, years

54.2 ± 6.8

50.2 ± 6.2

1.3 × 10−1

BMI, kg/m2

24.7 ± 2.4

35.1 ± 2.8

5.1 × 10−11

Weight, kg

74.5 ± 14.2

111.3 ± 9.0

1.2 × 10−9

Hip circumference, cm

100.6 ± 4.7

119.6 ± 6.9

5.7 × 10−9

Waist circumference, cm

85.9 ± 10.2

116.1 ± 8.6

6.2 × 10−9

Android fat mass, kg

1.7 ± 7.1

4.9 ± 1.0

4.3 × 10−10

Gynoid fat mass, kg

4.0 ± 1.3

7.0 ± 2.0

6.5 × 10−5

Whole body fat mass, kg

20.0 ± 6.0

42.7 ± 8.7

1.7 × 10−8

Whole body fat-free mass, kg

51.4 ± 13.3

63.9 ± 11.9

1.4 × 10−2

Fasting glucose, mmol/L

4.8 ± 0.6

5.0 ± 0.4

2.3 × 10−1

2-h glucose, mmol/La

5.2 ± 1.4

5.5 ± 1.4

5.6 × 10−1

Fasting insulin, pmol/L

32.1 ± 13.3

92.7 ± 30.3

3.8 × 10−7

2-h insulin, pmol/La

230.1 ± 155.3

441.9 ± 287.0

2.4 × 10−2

HOMA-IR

1.0 ± 0.5

3.0 ± 1.1

1.8 × 10−6

HOMA-β, %

74.4 ± 26.7

184.4 ± 74.8

2.4 × 10−5

P-Cholesterol-total, mmol/L

5.5 ± 1.0

5.2 ± 0.8

4.3 × 10−1

P-Cholesterol-HDL, mmol/L

1.7 ± 0.5

1.3 ± 0.3

1.7 × 10−2

P-Cholesterol-LDL, mmol/L

3.3 ± 0.9

3.3 ± 0.6

9.8 × 10−1

Systolic blood pressure, mmHg

134.3 ± 12.0

138.5 ± 18.1

4.7 × 10−1

Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg

85.6 ± 9.5

91.6 ± 9.1

9.8 × 10−1

Pulse, beats/min

59.5 ± 12.4

66.6 ± 8.4

8.6 × 10−11

VO2 max per kg, mL/min/kg

32.6 ± 11.4

22.2 ± 4.4

3.8 × 10−3

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SD. Two-tailed t-tests were used for statistical calculations
  2. aMeasured during a 2-h oral glucose tolerance test