Cholesterol Synthesis Is Associated with Hepatic Lipid Content and Dependent on Fructose/Glucose Intake in Healthy Humans

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the study participants.

	Baseline examination
Males/females, 𝑛	12/8
Age, years	30.5 ± 2.0
Body mass index, kg/m²	25.9 ± 0.5
Waist, cm	85 ± 2
Visceral fat, kg	2.2 ± 0.2
Liver fat, % signal	1.5 ± 0.2
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg	117 ± 3
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg	77 ± 2
Total cholesterol, mg/dL	175 ± 5
LDL cholesterol, mg/dL	106 ± 5
HDL cholesterol, mg/dL	54 ± 2
VLDL cholesterol, mg/dL	15 ± 2
Non-HDL cholesterol, mg/dL	122 ± 5
Fasting glucose, mmol/L	4.86 ± 0.06
Fasting insulin, pmol/L	48 ± 7
Insulin sensitivity Matsuda, arbitrary units	17.6 ± 2.1

Values are numbers and percentages and means with standard errors of the means for categorical and continuous data, respectively.