Type 2 diabetic patients Healthy                 subjects
Age (y)    
Height (cm)
Weight (kg)
BMI (kg/m2)
Fasting blood glucose (mg/100mL)
HOMA-IR
62.4±12.5
157.5±  9.1
60.7±  8.9
24.4±  2.0
127.5±21.1
   
4.3±  2.0
  23.6±2.1
156.8±5.3
  48.8±4.2
  20.1±1.8
  84.0±3.6
   
1.5±0.7
Numbers: patients: 10 (male, 5; female, 5), healthy subjects: 10 (male, 4; Female,
6) Values were expressed as means and SD.
Table 1: Characteristics of the subjects.