Table 2.

Group differences in body composition and inflammatory markers

	CAH (n = 27)	Controls (n = 35)	p
Body composition
WHtR	0.56±0.11	0.46±0.06	0.002
BMI z	1.61±0.86	0.80±0.95	0.004
Proportional VAT	0.07±0.03	0.05±0.03	0.029
Proportional SAT	0.25±0.14	0.35±0.13	0.01
Inflammatory markers
MCP-1, pg/mL	93±37	62±23	0.003
Leptin, pg/mL	14,627±11,231	7,182±7,119	0.012
TNF-α, pg/mL	3.70±1.31	3.30±1.56	0.4
Resistin, µg/mL	0.03±0.02	0.03±0.02	>0.9
IL-6, pg/mL	1.78±1.81	2.28±1.98	0.4
Adiponectin, µg/mL	3.69±1.01	3.57±1.01	0.7
PAI-1, µg/mL	0.03±0.01	0.03±0.01	0.4

Mean ± SD.

CAH, congenital adrenal hyperplasia; WHtR, waist-to-height ratio; BMI z, body mass index z-score; VAT, visceral adipose tissue; SAT, subcutaneous adipose tissue; MCP-1, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-alpha; IL-6, interleukin-6; PAI-1, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1.