Table 2.
Energy biomarker distributions among children with and without recurrent wheeze from age 2–5 years and asthma at age 5 years.
| No recurrent wheeze at 2 years/Recurrent wheeze at 2 years | No recurrent wheeze at 3 years/Recurrent wheeze at 3 years | No recurrent wheeze at 4 years/Recurrent wheeze at 4 years | No recurrent wheeze at 5 years/Recurrent wheeze at 5 years | No asthma at 5 years/ Asthma at 5 years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy biomarker | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) |
| Glucose (mg/dL) | 61 (19) 57 (17) |
61 (19) 64 (23) |
61 (20) 54 (11) |
62 (20) 53 (12) |
63 (20) 54 (13) |
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| Insulin (μU/ml) | 11 (8) 11 (7) |
11 (7) 9 (5) |
11 (8) 7 (4) |
11 (8) 7 (4) |
11 (9) 9 (6) |
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| Glucose/insulin ratio | 9 (7) 12 (17) |
9 (7) 13 (14) |
8 (6) 14 (15) |
9 (7) 14 (12) |
9 (8) 9 (9) |
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| C-peptide (pg/mL) | 1212 (772) 1189 (520) |
1198 (704) 1025 (515) |
1231 (764) 862 (477) |
1261 (777) 779 (492) |
1264 (801) 1024 (599) |
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| Leptin (pg/mL) | 784 (737) 817 (585) |
769 (614) 835 (824) |
815 (744) 582 (460) |
804 (726) 556 (480) |
757 (568) 836 (1115) |
SD, standard deviation.