Table 1 Characteristics of the men and women in the postprandial dataset (n = 147)

Age (y)

54 ± 10

54 ± 11

0.868

BMI (kg/m²)

27.6 ± 3.1

25.6 ± 3.5

0.002

TC (mmol/l)

6.15 ± 0.94

5.99 ± 0.97

0.390

TAG (mmol/l)

2.05 ± 0.83

1.39 ± 0.50

<0.001

HDL-C (mmol/l)

1.10 ± 0.26

1.41 ± 0.27

<0.001

LDL-C (mmol/l)

4.12 ± 0.91

3.95 ± 0.81

0.313

NEFA (μmol/l)

490 ± 185

539 ± 202

0.288

Glucose (mmol/l)

5.32 ± 0.67

5.14 ± 0.48

0.109

Insulin (pmol/l)

54.0 ± 32.0

39.2 ± 26.3

0.011

HOMA-IR

2.2 ± 1.5

1.5 ± 1.1

0.010