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. 2024 Jul 15;86(3):1025–1034. doi: 10.1007/s12020-024-03960-8

Table 6.

The comparison of irisin, NRG-4 and FGF21 according to gender subgroups

Metabolic phenotype Gender
Metabolic unhealthy Metabolic healthy Total sample Male Female
Male
median (min-max)
Female
median (min-max)
p Male
median (min-max)
Female
median (min-max)
p Male
median (min-max)
Female
median (min-max)
p Metabolic healthy
median (min-max)
Metabolic unhealthy
median (min-max)
p Metabolic healthy
median (min-max)
Metabolic unhealthy
median (min-max)
p
İrisin (conc.pg/ml) 236.8 (19.1–2048) 119.9 (10.1–3364) 0.36 143.7 (41.5–1653) 158.1(3.3–2666) 0.52 190.2 (19.1–2048) 152.3 (3.3–3364) 0.22 143.7 (41.5–1653) 236.8 (19.1–2048) 0.86 158.1 (3.3–2666) 119.9 (10.1–3364) 0.61
NRG-4 (ng/ml) 1.09 (0.3–4.2) 0.7 (0.09–10.2) 0.45 0.87 (0.2–1.89) 0.69 (0.04–4.5) 0.98 0.9 (0.2–4.2) 0.7 (0.04–10.2) 0.47 0.9 (0.2–1.8) 1.09 (0.3–4.2) 0.44 0.7 (0.04–4.5) 0.8 (0.09–10.2) 0.59
FGF-21 (conc.pg/ml) 25.4 (0.4–291.3) 25.4 (0.4–19.3) 0.94 43.8 (4.6–182.2) 26.5 (1.8–461.3) 0.95 32.2 (3.5–182.2) 25.6 (0.4–461.8) 0.93 43.8 (4.6–182.2 26.9 (3.5–110.6) 0.35 26.5 (1.8–461.8) 25.4 (0.4–291.3) 0.49