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Table 2 Characteristics of participants

From: Metabolites of gut microbiome are associated with glucose metabolism in non-diabetic obese adults: a Chinese monozygotic twin study

Characteristic

Different twin pairs

Group a 

Group b

P value

Number

9

9

 

Number (%) with characteristic 

 Women

8 (88.9)

8 (88.9)

 Current drinking

1 (11.1)

1 (11.1)

 Current smoking

1 (11.1)

1 (11.1)

Mean of characteristic

 Age, years

53.0 ± 8.6

53.0 ± 8.6

 Body mass index, kg/m2

29.7 ± 3.4

28.8 ± 3.2

0.056

 Visceral fat, cm2

153.6 ± 30.4

150.8 ± 29.5

0.54

 HbA1c, %

5.8 ± 0.3

5.6 ± 0.2

0.008†

 Plasma glucose, mmol/L

5.82 ± 0.71

5.58 ± 0.34

0.29

 Serum insulin, mU/L

11.7 ± 4.4

12.0 ± 3.0

0.77

 Triglyceride, mmol/L

1.66 ± 0.63

1.53 ± 0.54

0.60

 Total cholesterol, mmol/L

5.15 ± 1.22

4.21 ± 0.97

0.16

 HDL cholesterol, mmol/L

1.25 ± 0.23

1.23 ± 0.11

0.76

 LDL cholesterol, mmol/L

3.34 ± 0.96

2.90 ± 0.50

0.27

 ALT, U/L

24.9 ± 11.1

21.8 ± 10.2

0.074

 AST, U/L

20.6 ± 7.6

20.1 ± 11.4

0.82

 GGT, U/L

21.9 ± 8.8

20.3 ± 8.4

0.13

 Serum creatinine, µmol/L

63.0 ± 8.2

64.8 ± 9.1

0.21

  1. HDL high-density lipoprotein
  2. For continuously distributed variables, reported values are arithmetic (±SD).  Significance of the difference with the adjacent left column: *P ≤ 0.05; P ≤ 0.01