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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 Jan 19;58(1):31–36. doi: 10.1002/pbc.22964

Table IV.

Serum adipokines and insulin resistance by BMI* among 116 survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, by overweight and obese (BMI 25 kg/m2) versus not (BMI <25 kg/m2).

Females Males

BMI<25 BMI≥25 p BMI<25 BMI≥25 p
N=21 N=43 N=20 N=32
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
HOMA-IR** 2.8 (0.9) 5.0 (2.7) <0.01 3.0 (1.3) 4.6 (2.9) 0.01
Leptin per kg fat mass (ng/mL/kg) 0.6 (0.3) 0.8 (0.3) 0.04 0.3 (0.2) 0.4 (0.2) 0.14
Adiponectin per kg fat mass (μg/mL/kg) 1.1 (0.4) 0.4 (0.2) <0.01 1.3 (0.7) 0.4 (0.3) <0.01
Leptin to adiponectin ratio 0.7 (0.5) 2.9 (2.0) <0.01 0.4 (0.4) 1.7 (2.3) <0.01
*

BMI: body mass index;

**

HOMA-IR: Homeostasis model of insulin resistance