Characteristics ^{^a} of men and women by different BMI categories.

a Mean ± SD or median (25th to 75th percentiles) for continuous variables and absolute and relative (%) values for category variables are presented. HOMA-IR: Homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglyceride; HDL-C: high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low density lipoprotein cholesterol Analyses were used to explore the differences in study characteristics between normal and overweight subjects within each sex Characteristics a of men and women by different BMI categories.