Table 2.

Laboratory findings in subjects with normal body weight and obesity

	Normal BMI (n = 37)	Obesity (n = 48)	Total (n = 85)	p-value
Fasting blood glucose, mg/dL	78.9 ± 7.0	88.5 ± 13.8	84.24 ± 12.23	< 0.001
HbA1c, %	5.2 ± 0.3	5.7 ± 0.3	5.6 ± 0.4	< 0.001
HOMA-IR	1.74 ± 0.74	3.07 ± 1.38	2.48 ± 1.31	< 0.001
hs-CRP, mg/L	0.56 (0.44)	3.63 (5.94)	1.58 ± 3.95	< 0.001*
ADMA, ng/mL	628.71 ± 130.30	717.80 ± 161.27	678.20 ± 153.91	0.008
MOTS-C, pg/mL	13.67 ± 3.44	14.33 ± 3.76	14.04 ± 3.61	0.395

^*Mann-Whitney U test.

Results expressed as mean ± standard deviation or median (interval interquartile).

BMI: body mass index; HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin; HOMA-IR: Homeostatic Model Assessment Insulin Resistance; hs-CRP: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; ADMA: asymmetric dimethylarginine; MOTS-c: Mitochondrial Open Reading Frame of the 12S rRNA type-c.