Table 1 Anthropometric characteristics and biochemical variables in young healthy men (means ± SD)

Age (years)

21.7 ± 1.4

Weight (kg)

77.2 ± 12.2

Height (cm)

180.3 ± 6.7

BMI

23.7 ± 3.3 (25.4)^*

Waist (cm)

80.7 ± 8.9 (2.0)^*

ABSI

0.073 ± 0.003

Glucose (mmol/l)

4.8 ± 0.5 (6.1)^{^}

Insulin (μIU/ml)

10.5 ± 6.4

TG (mmol/l)

0.9 ± 0.4 (6.1)^{^}

TC (mmol/l)

4.5 ± 0.8 (24.5)^{^}

HDL-C (mmol/l)

1.4 ± 0.3 (8.8)^{^}

LDL-C (mmol/l)

2.7 ± 0.7 (25.4)^{^}

Non-HDL (mmol/l)

3.1 ± 0.8 (29.8)^{^}