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TABLE 4. COMPARISONS BETWEEN HIGHEST AND LOWEST QUARTILES BASED ON FASTING GLUCOSE LEVELS IN THE COMBINED TWO DATUM SETS


Parameters


Body Composition Body Weight (lb) Body Fat (lb) Body Fat (%)


Fat Free Mass (lb) BMD (g/cm2)


Cardiac Dynamics Systolic BP Diastolic BP


H Rate (beats/min)


Blood Chemistries HbA1C (%)


Insulin (mIU/ml) hsCRP (mg/l) AST (U/l) ALT (U/l)


Triglyc (mg/dl)


HDL-chol (mg/dl) Globulin (mg/dl)


Blood Cell Count RBC (106/mm3 WBC (103/mm3)


Neutro (103/mm3) Platelets(103/mm3)


n


44 44 44


42 44


38 38


38 24 24


44 70 70


44 48 75


76 71


74 71


Highest Quartile (98-125 mg/dl)


178.4  5.1 78.6  3.8 42.5  1.3 97.6  2.3


1.190  0.016


128.3  2.2 78.8  1.6 73.8  1.9


5.90  0.08 6.33  0.76 3.33  0.39 20.8  0.63 21.7  0.89 116.8  7.1 58.5  2.6 2.66  0.04


4.53  0.04 6.41  0.17


3.70  0.13 236.7  5.7


Lowest Quartile (67-86 mg/dl)


157.4  4.8 65.2  3.6 40.0  1.2 92.5  1.8


1.139  0.017


114.4  1.5 70.7  1.0 71.1  1.7


5.56  0.05 2.87  0.33 1.90  0.28 19.3  0.61 17.0  0.77 91.8  6.0 66.5  2.8 2.55  0.04


4.36  0.05 5.62  0.68


3.07  0.12 228.8  5.8


p*


0.003 0.013 0.161 0.088 0.033


0.001 0.001 0.300


0.001 0.001 0.004 0.085


0.001 0.009 0.038 0.043


0.009


0.002 0.001


0.333


Average + SEM shown.  Students t test (2 tail), n number in each quartile lb  pound, BMD  bone mineral density, BP  blood pressure, H Rate  heart rate, HbA1C  hemoglobin A1C, hsCRP  highly sensitive C reactive protein, AST  SGOT, ALT  SGPT, Triglyc  triglycerides, HDL  high density lipoproteins, RBC  red blood cell count, WBC  white blood cell count, Neutro  neutrophils


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