Table 3.
Comparison of biomarkers of metabolic and cardiovascular risk between cases and controls.
| Variables | Cases [Mean (SD)] |
Controls [Mean (SD)] |
p Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glucose (mg/dL) | 83.36 (5.80) | 75.21 (14.06) | 0.056 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 166.01 (55.78) | 158.57 (29.44) | 0.191 |
| Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 92.64 (50.19) | 85.21 (37.90) | 0.662 |
| HDL (mg/dL) | 49.21 (20.09) | 48.57 (8.30) | 0.913 |
| LDL (mg/dL) | 105.50 (28.05) | 93.00 (25.61) | 0.229 |
| Lp(a) (mg/dL) | 58.52 (71.46) | 35.47 (53.10) | 0.342 |
| Apo B (mg/dL) | 19.98 (8.18) | 20.91 (9.13) | 0.769 |
| Leptin (ng/mL) | 6.22 (4.79) | 4.26 (4.84) | 0.290 |
| TNFα (pg/mL) | 3.13 (1.01) | 3.30 (0.84) | 0.633 |
| IL 1-β (pg/mL) | 0.78 (0.46) | 0.49 (0.29) | 0.179 |
| IL-10 (pg/mL) | 0.36 (0.33) | 0.48 (0.46) | 0.568 |
| IL-6 (pg/mL) | 0.60 (0.64) | 0.22 (0.33) | 0.176 |
| Endothelin-1 (pg/mL) | 1.28 (0.41) | 0.99 (0.17) | 0.025 * |
| Adiponectin (μg/mL) | 10.91 (3.57) | 10.91 (3.47) | 0.998 |
Student’s t test was used for the comparison of variables. * p value < 0.05. HDL: high-density lipoprotein; IL: interleukin; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; SD: standard deviation; TNF: tumor necrosis factor; Apo B: apolipoprotein B; Lp(a): lipoprotein (a).