Fasting substrate oxidation in relation to habitual dietary fat intake and insulin resistance in non-diabetic women: a case for metabolic flexibility?

Table 1 Subject characteristics and body composition

	IS	N	IR	N	P value
Age (years)	31±7.6	69	31±8.6	71	<0.001
Weight (kg)	61±6.4	69	91.6±15	71	<0.0001
BMI(kg/m ² )	21.5±1.8	69	33±4.8	71	<0.0001
Waist (cm)	76.8±6.4	69	103±11.1	71	<0.0001
Body fat (%)	27.9±5.02	66	43±5.3	70	<0.0001
VAT (cm ² )	61.2±20.1	55	141.9±61	58	<0.0001
SAT (cm ² )	165±62.5	55	487±142.5	58	< 0.0001
VAT/SAT	0.41±0.2	55	0.30±0.11	58	<0.001
MET ^. min/wk	308±357	69	152±205	71	<0.05
FH obesity (%)	18(26%)	69	26(36.6%)	71	0.07
FH DM (%)	10(14.4%)	69	19(26.76%)	71	<0.05

Results from analysis of covariance, ANCOVA, values are adjusted for age and expressed as means ± SD. BMI, body mass index; VAT, visceral adipose tissue; SAT, subcutaneous adipose tissue, FH, Family History; DM, Diabetes Mellitus.

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