General information and clinical characteristics of subjects.

Summary of the clinical characteristics and laboratory results of the study participants in 90 control subjects, 102 patients with SHO and 78 patients with HO. Data were expressed as the means ± SD. HOMA-IR values were given as medians and ranges. BMI: body mass index; FPG: fasting plasma glucose; CHOL: total cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG: triglyceride; HbA1c: glycosylated hemoglobin; HOMA-IR: homeostatic index of insulin resistance; Hcy:homocysteine.*p**p†p‡pGeneral information and clinical characteristics of subjects.