Table 2.

Assessment of investigated biomarkers and Pb.

Parameters	Group A	Group B	P value
Number	26	26	—
Pb (µg/dL), mean ± SD	14.43 ± 1.01	5.01 ± 1.41	<.001
MDA (nmol/mL), mean ± SD	6.40 ± 0.27	1.62 ± 0.21	<.001
Visfatin (ng/mL), mean ± SD	23.19 ± 0.96	3.88 ± 0.58	<.001
Insulin (mU/L), mean ± SD	22.14 ± 1.31	11.26 ± 0.75	<.001
FBS (mg/dL), mean ± SD	118.4 ± 26.1	82.7 ± 9.2	<.001
IL-1β (pg/mL), mean ± SD	330.25 ± 10.34	12.35 ± 1.43	<.001
Vitamin D (ng/mL), mean ± SD	11.99 ± 1.55	35.41 ± 3.16	<.001

FBS = fasting blood sugar, IL-1 = interleukin-1, MDA = malonaldehyde, Pb = lead, SD = standard deviation.