Clinical Study
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/m2) | 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 |
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