Research Article

Mitochondrial Epigenetic Changes Link to Increased Diabetes Risk and Early-Stage Prediabetes Indicator

Table 1

Demographic and metabolic characteristics of participants.

CharacteristicsLean
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Overweight/obese
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Sex (male/female)3/922/53
Age (years)25.7 ± 3.148.4 ± 1.5
BMI (kg/m2)22.7 ± 0.637.1 ± 0.8
Fasting glucose (mg/dL)83.4 ± 1.896.1 ± 1.5
Fasting insulin (μIU/mL)10.0 ± 1.524.6 ± 2.4
HOMA-IR2.1 ± 0.36.0 ± 0.6
HbA1c (%)5.5 ± 0.15.7 ± 0.1
HDL (mg/dL)61.9 ± 4.254.7 ± 1.4
LDL (mg/dL)90.8 ± 6.7114.1 ± 3.5
LDL/HDL ratio1.6 ± 0.22.2 ± 0.1
VLDL (mg/dL)17.6 ± 2.228.4 ± 2.0
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)170.1 ± 5.5195.9 ± 3.9
Total cholesterol/HDL2.9 ± 0.23.7 ± 0.1
Triglyceride (mg/dL)88.1 ± 10.9140.7 ± 10.1

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