From fasting blood samples, glucose (mmol/L), insulin (pmol/
L), HbA1c (%), total cholesterol (mmol/L), high-density lipoprotein
(HDL; mmol/L), low-density lipoprotein (LDL; mmol/
L), and triglycerides (mmol/L) were measured. Plasma glucose
was measured using a gluco-quant Glucose/HK kit (Glucoquant;
The insulin sensitivity was calculated from the 100 g OGTT
according to the method as derived by Matsuda and DeFronzo