Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants that underwent an oral fat tolerance test

Age (median, IQR)^a

53.7 (64.3–39.8)

46.7 (55.5–41.9)

0.484

Body Mass Index (kg/cm2), (median, IQR)^a

26.1 (27.1–24.1)

26.9 (28.0–25.3)

0.055

BMI < 25 (median, IQR)^a

23.8 (24.6–22.9) n = 6

24.7 (24.8–24.1) n = 5

0.082

BMI > 25 (median, IQR)^a

26.7 (27.7–26.2) n = 10

27.6 (28.2–26.6) n = 21

0.319

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)^b

127.9 (17.6)

115.2 (8.1)

0.014

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)^b

70.2 (10.2)

66.6 (6.0)

0.226

Waist circumference (cm)^a (median, IQR)

91.0 (97.0–86.6)

95.0 (99.3–92.5)

0.153

Fasting glucose (mmol/l), (means, SD)^b

5.86 (0.53)

5.72 (0.50)

0.372

HOMA-beta (median, IQR)^a

55.5 (72.2–45.8)

71.7 (96.1–45.2)

0.265

HOMA-IR (median, IQR)^a

1.67 (2.59–1.25)

2.14 (2.54–1.24)

0.543

Total cholesterol (mmol/L), (mean, SD)^b

4.91 (0.66)

4.78 (1.09)

0.680

p-LDL (mmol/L), (mean, SD)^b

3.35 (0.68)

3.54 (0.90)

0.466

p-HDL (mmol/L), (median, IQR)^a

1.35 (1.50–1.23)

1.00 (1.30–0.94)

0.001

Fat % (median, IQR)^a

23.8 (26.0–20.6)

24.7 (26.9–22.6)

0.224

Apo A1(g/L), (mean, SD)^b

1.45 (0.20)

1.20 (0.25)

0.003

Apo B (g/L), (mean, SD)^b

0.99 (0.18)

1.10 (0.27)

0.164

0.70 (0.16)

1.05 (0.80)

0.088

 Fasting p-TG (mmol/l) (median, IQR)^a

0.95 (1.65–0.80)

1.55 (2.40–1.60)

0.104

 p-TG 0.5 h (median, IQR)^a

1.00 (1.68–0.83)

1.70 (2.50–1.03)

0.053

 p-TG 1 h (median, IQR)^a

1.25 (1.80–1.00)

2.20 (2.63–1.25)

0.027

 p-TG 2 h (median, IQR)^a

2.00 (2.38–1.45)

3.10 (4.00–1.88)

0.011

 p-TG 3 h (median, IQR)^a

2.10 (3.08–1.80)

3.55 (5.10–2.50)

0.011

 p-TG 4 h (median, IQR)^a

1.95 (3.38–1.63)

3.55 (5.95–2.40)

0.033

 p-TG 6 h (median, IQR)^a

1.50 (3.58–1.30)

3.10 (4.60–1.70)

0.049

tAUC TG mmol/L^cmin (median, IQR)^a

601.6 (998.6–488.2)

1017.8 (1578.8–738)

0.036

iAUC TG mmol/L^cmin (median, IQR)^a

267.0 (481.1–187.9)

495.0 (802.5–267.4)

0.011

Metabolic syndrome, % (n) ^c

12.2 (2)

0

0.065

Physical inactivity < 150 min/week, % (n)^c

43.8 (7)

46.2 (12)

0.879

Physical activity minutes/week ^a

262.5 (787.5–37.5)

150.0 (540.0–26.0)

0.420

Unhealthy eating habits, % (n)^c

56.3 (9)

57.7 (15)

0.927