Research Article
Relationships between Composition of Major Fatty Acids and Fat Distribution and Insulin Resistance in Japanese
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of subjects.
| Parameters | Values |
| N (male/female) | 111 (54/57) | Age (years) | 51.5 ± 1.1 | Height (cm) | 162.5 ± 0.8 | Body mass index (kg/m2) | 26.4 ± 0.5 | Waist circumference (cm) | 91.3 ± 1.4 | Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 128.4 ± 2.3 | Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 78.2 ± 1.5 | Biochemical markers | | Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL) | 107.0 ± 1.5 | Hemoglobin A1c (%) | 5.7 ± 0.9 | Immunoreactive insulin (μU/mL) | 9.4 ± 0.7 | Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 211.0 ± 5.9 | High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dL) | 57.1 ± 1.8 | Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dL) | 123.8 ± 4.4 | Triglyceride (mg/dL) | 131.4 ± 8.0 | Free fatty acids (mEq/L) | 0.6 ± 0.0 | Aspartate aminotransferase (IU/L) | 26.2 ± 1.1 | Alanine aminotransferase (IU/L) | 31.9 ± 2.5 | Creatinine (mg/dL) | 0.7 ± 0.0 | Uric acid (mg/dL) | 5.8 ± 0.1 | High molecular weight adiponectin (μg/mL) () | 2.9 ± 0.2 | Leptin (ng/mL) () | 12.4 ± 1.5 | 75 g OGTT | | 30 min glucose (mg/dL) | 180.1 ± 3.4 | 60 min glucose (mg/dL) | 199.9 ± 5.3 | 120 min glucose (mg/dL) | 161.9 ± 5.1 | 30 min IRI (μU/mL) | 50.4 ± 3.7 | 60 min IRI (μU/mL) | 70.1 ± 5.3 | 120 min IRI (μU/mL) | 68.7 ± 4.7 | HOMA-IR | 2.4 ± 0.2 | Insulinogenic index | 0.7 ± 0.1 | CT scan | | Visceral fat (cm2) | 122.6 ± 5.4 | Subcutaneous fat (cm2) | 209.0 ± 12.9 | V/S ratio | 0.7 ± 0.0 |
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Data are mean ± SEM. IRI: immunoreactive insulin; HOMA-IR: homeostasis model assessment insulin resistance index.
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