Associations between Tissue Visfatin/Nicotinamide, Phosphoribosyltransferase (Nampt), Retinol Binding Protein-4, and Vaspin Concentrations and Insulin Resistance in Morbidly Obese Subjects

Table 1

Characteristics of nondiabetic, prediabetic, and diabetic subjects^¥.

	Nondiabetic (𝑛=13)	Prediabetic (𝑛=12)	Diabetic (𝑛=13)
Age	39 ± 12^b	46 ± 10^b	54 ± 9^a
Weight (kg)	144.8±36.49	148.5±27.26	133.9±23.68
BMI (kg/m²)	49.6±11.72	51.8±6.89	46.9±6.59
Blood glucose (mg/dL)	92.6 ± 7.95^b	97.6 ± 15.34^b	169.4 ± 64.28^a
HbA1c (%)	5.4 ± 0.21^b	5.8 ± 0.21^b	8.0 ± 1.22^a
Plasma insulin (µIU/mL)	27.5±11.70	23.6±6.85	30.3±15.31
HOMA-IR	5.5 ± 2.54^b	4.9 ± 1.76^b	11.4 ± 10.15^a
Triglyceride (mg/dL)	136.0±38.17	133.1±55.25	200.2±111.59
TC (mg/dL)	191.3±32.28	185.8±75.38	177.5±46.10
HDL-C (mg/dL)	47.6 ± 10.95^b	43.8 ± 11.42^b	36.5 ± 6.39^a

¥Data are presented as means ± SD.
Means within a row without a common letter differ, P < 0.05.
BMI: body mass index; HbA1c: hemoglobin A1c; HOMA-IR: homeostasis model of assessment-insulin resistance; HDL-C: high density lipoprotein-cholesterol; TC: total cholesterol.