Peripheral Mononuclear Cell Resistin mRNA Expression Is Increased in Type 2 Diabetic Women

Table 1

Patients' characteristics, their fasting glucose, fasting insulin, triglycerides, HDL and FFA levels, the HOMA-IR and Matsuda indices.

		𝑛	BMI (Kg/m^2)	Waist (cm)	Fasting glucose (mg/dL)	Fasting insulin (𝜇U/mL)	HOMA-IR	Matsuda	Triglycerides (mg/dL)	HDL (mg/dL)	FFA (mmol/L)
NGT	BMI < 27	14	22.5±0.7	76.5±2.3	87.5±3.6	6.4±0.6	1.4±0.1	9.3±0.9	63.2±5.0	46.5±3.4	0.43±0.05
	BMI > 27	12	32.9±1.5^∗	95.7±3.0^∗	98.3±2.1^∗	12.7±2.1^∗	3.0±0.5^∗	5.0±1.3^∗	100.2±18.9	44.0±3.3	0.47±0.05
DM2	BMI < 27	8	23.7±0.7^§	78.2±3.4^§	156.9±32.9^∗§	8.3±1.9	4.2±2.1	6.3±1.4	80.3±17.4	39.0±2.9	0.55±0.10
	BMI > 27	14	36.4±1.4^∗	108.1±3.0^∗§	136.7±13.0^∗§	16.6±2.6^∗	5.6±1.0^∗	2.4±0.3^∗§	150.8±26.5^∗	27.4±1.5^∗§	0.59±0.04^∗

Mean ± SEM: ^∗𝑃<.03 versus NGT-BMI < 27; ^§𝑃<.05 versus NGT-BMI > 27.