Differences in Expression, Content, and Activity of 11𝜷-HSD1 in Adipose Tissue between Obese Men and Women

Table 1

Anthropometric and biochemical characteristics of study subjects.

		Men		Women
		Obese (16)	Nonobese (7)	Obese (16)	Nonobese (8)
Age	(years)	37.8 ± 2.5	49.7 ± 3.9	42.3 ± 3.2	39.4 ± 2.6
Weight	(Kg)	108.88 ± 2.24*	83.4 ± 3.3	93.63 ± 3.7*	68.00 ± 2.25
	(SDS)	2.24 ± 0.09*	1.01 ± 0.21	1.97 ± 0.1*	0.86 ± 0.16
Height	(m)	1.74 ± 0.01	1.75 ± 0.02	1.63 ± 0.02	1.62 ± 0.02
	(SDS)	−0.31 ± 0.16	−0.24 ± 0.23	0.00 ± 0.23	−0.23 ± 0.29
BMI	(Kg/m^2)	35.80 ± 0.66*	27.2 ± 0.9	35.05 ± 1.14*	25.97 ± 0.66
	(SDS)	2.34 ± 0.06*	1.18 ± 0.18	1.90 ± 0.06*	0.99 ± 0.11
Total cholesterol	(mg/dL)	220.2 ± 6.8	187.4 ± 14.6	215.6 ± 8.9	159.3 ± 21.9
Triglycerides	(mg/dL)	183.5 ± 12.8	217.3 ± 75.8	201.9 ± 30.5*	81.7 ± 18.3
Insulin	(𝜇U/mL)	21.5 ± 5.9*	9.7 ± 0.7	11.9 ± 1.0	8.7 ± 0.5
Glycemia	(mg/dL)	115.4 ± 11.8	100.1 ± 2.2	92.0 ± 2.1	92.2 ± 3.1
HOMA-IR		6.6 ± 2.1*	2.6 ± 0.3	2.6 ± 0.3	2.0 ± 0.2

The data are expressed as mean ± SEM. ^∗𝑃<0.05 obese versus nonobese by gender.