Plasma insulin (INS) [µIU/ml] concentration was assessed using electrochemiluminescence (ECLIA) with the Cobas e801 apparatus (Roche Diagnostics International Ltd., Mannheim, Germany). Glucose (GL) [mmol/l] concentration in the blood plasma was conducted by the enzymatic method with the Cobas c701/702 biochemical analyser (Roche Diagnostics International Ltd., Mannheim, Germany). The assessments were realized in conformity with the manufacturer protocol using reagents dedicated to the GLUC3 and Elecsys Insulin analysers, respectively.
The plasma levels of total cholesterol (TC) and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) were specified with the spectrophotometric method relying on guidelines of the clinical chemistry analyser Architect ci-4100 (Abbott Laboratories). The intra- and interassay coefficients of variation (CV) for the assays were 0.9–1.2 and 1.2–1.8%, respectively. Non-HDL cholesterol (nonHDL-C) fraction was determined following the formula: