Central tendency and dispersion of the variables in each participant group at the baseline
| Healthy men | IR men | IR women | ||||
| Central tendency | Dispersion | Central tendency | Dispersion | Central tendency | Dispersion | |
| Age (years) | 49* | 8* | 47 | 3 | 54* | 6* |
| Body mass (kg) | 83.6 | 8.8 | 96.3 | 12.6 | 84.5 | 10.4 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 26.1 | 2.4 | 30.4 | 2.9 | 30.5 | 2.5 |
| Whole body fat (%) | 22.6 | 4.2 | 28.8 | 4.8 | 40.9 | 4.5 |
| Abdominal SAT (kg) | 4.2 | 1.4 | 6.3 | 2.4 | 9.33 | 2.13 |
| Visceral fat (kg) | 2.8 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 1.9 | 2.51 | 0.74 |
| Cholesterol (mmol/L)* | 5.00 | 0.90 | 4.70* | 1.05* | 5.07 | 0.55 |
| HDL cholesterol (mmol/L) | 1.29* | 0.39* | 1.23 | 0.29 | 1.50 | 0.35 |
| LDL cholesterol (mmol/L) | 3.14 | 0.80 | 2.71 | 0.82 | 2.96 | 0.60 |
| Triglycerides (mmol/L) | 0.99 | 0.31 | 1.60* | 1.40* | 1.34 | 0.50 |
| f-FFA | 0.70 | 0.19 | 0.68 | 0.17 | 0.97 | 0.12 |
| HbA1c (mmol/mol) | 36.9 | 3.8 | 39.6 | 5.6 | 39.5 | 2.4 |
| HbA1c (%) | 5.5 | 2.5 | 5.8 | 2.6 | 5.8 | 2.4 |
| f-glucose (mmol/L) | 5.47 | 0.40 | 6.95* | 1.33* | 6.80 | 0.59 |
| f-insulin (mmol/L) | 5.00* | 2.50* | 16.50* | 11.00* | 12.00* | 5.01* |
| M-value (µmol/kg/min) | 35.3 | 14.5 | 17.5 | 10.6 | 19.6 | 12.2 |
| VO2peak (mL/kg/min) | 34.2 | 4.1 | 29.3 | 3.7 | 23.8 | 3.9 |
For normally distributed parameters, measure of central tendency is expressed as arithmetic mean and dispersion as SD. For non-normally distributed parameters, measure of central tendency is expressed as median and dispersion as IQR (the difference between 75th and 25th percentiles).
*Non-normally distributed parameters.
BMI, body mass index; f-FFA, fasting free fatty acid; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; IR, insulin resistance; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; M-value, whole-body insulin sensitivity; SAT, subcutaneous adipose tissue; VO2peak, maximal aerobic capacity.