Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the 142 male subjects studied.

age (yr)

52.1 ± 0.8

body mass index (kg/m²)

23.2 ± 0.2

waist circumference (cm)

84.0 ± 0.6

body fat percentage (%)

20.8 ± 0.4

systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

121 ± 1

diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

75 ± 1

fasting glucose (mg/dl)

95 ± 1

2 hr glucose after OGTT (mg/dl)

113 ± 5

HbA1c (%)

5.14 ± 0.02

total cholesterol (mg/dl)

202 ± 3

triglyceride (mg/dl)

124 ± 10

HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)

59 ± 1

LDL cholesterol (mg/dl)

117 ± 3

serum creatinine (mg/dl)

0.80 ± 0.01

insulin (μU/ml)

3.82 ± 0.18

HOMA-IR

0.90 ± 0.18

TNF-α (pg/ml)

1.53 ± 0.08

sTNF-R1 (pg/ml)

1145 ± 180

sTNF-R2 (pg/ml)

1933 ± 356

HMW adiponectin (μg/ml)

5.5 ± 0.3

WBC (/μl)

6123 ± 151