Myoinositol and D-Chiro Inositol in Improving Insulin Resistance in Obese Male Children: Preliminary Data

Table 3

Values at baseline (OGTT without inositol) and after 6 months (OGTT with inositol) of the subjects with a basal insulin level ≥15 μU/mL.

	OGTT without inositol		OGTT with inositol
Variable	Mean ± SD	Median [25th–75th]	Mean ± SD	Median [25th–27th]
BMI (kg/m^2)	31.0 ± 2.1	31.1 [30.0–31.4]	31.0 ± 2.6	31.4 [29.8–32.5]	0.867
Weight (kg)	72.1 ± 15.7	75.9 [56.3–83.4]	74.4 ± 16.0	78.9 [60.0–84.8]	0.201
Fasting glucose (mg/dL)	88.5 ± 3.4	87.0 [86.0–90.0]	86.9 ± 3.9	87.0 [83.0–90.0]	0.177
Blood glucose 120′ (mg/dL)	117.9 ± 19.2	116.0 [98.0–136.0]	106.2 ± 18.0	106.0 [93.0–113.0]	0.101
Fasting insulin (μU/mL)	22.6 ± 10.0	18.8 [16.7–25.8]	14.7 ± 6.7	12.6 [9.7–17.5]	0.001
Insulin 120′ (μU/mL)	116.1 ± 81.4	90.6 [65.5–147.0]	77.3 ± 58.4	57.9 [32.0–121.0]	0.017

signed rank sum test.