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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2010 May 8;21(9):1451–1459. doi: 10.1007/s10552-010-9573-y

Table 1.

Descriptive Characteristics of B-CLL cases (n=95) and control subjects (n=95).

Categorical Variables	Cases		Controls		p-value
Gender, n (%)
Male	66 (69.5)		66 (69.5)		-
Female	29 (30.5)		29 (30.5)		-
Age in years (mean, SD)	63.83	(7.82)	65.99	(7.43)	0.05
Weight in kg (mean, SD)	81.01	(9.66)	79.36	(9.24)	0.23
Height in m (mean, SD)	1.71	(0.08)	1.73	(0.09)	0.17
BMI in kg/m² (mean, SD)	27.78	(2.88)	26.69	(2.67)	0.01
Binet Stage, n (%)					-
A	62 (65.3%)		.
B	23 (24.2%)		.
C	10 (10.5%)		.
Family History of LHC, n (%)					0.01
Yes	13 (13.7)		3 (3.1)
No	82 (86.3)		92 (96.8)
Adiponectin (mean, SD) (µg/ml)	12.78	(5.84)	14.60	(8.53)	0.08
HMW Adiponectin (mean,SD) (µg/ml)	7.18	(4.34)	6.43	(5.13)	0.28
Leptin (mean,SD) (ng/ml)	10.03	(7.91)	13.89	(10.33)	<0.01

Abbreviations: SD, Standard Deviation; HMW, high molecular weight; LHC, lymphohematopoietic cancer