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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 V.

Serum adipokines in 116 survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia by gender, by overweight and obese (BMI* ≥ 25 kg/m2) versus not (BMI < 25 kg/m2), and by insulin resistant (HOMA-IR ≥ 2.86)** versus not (HOMA-IR < 2.86).

Females p Males p BMI < 25 kg/m2 p BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 p
HOMA-IR
HOMA-IR
HOMA-IR
HOMA-IR
< 2.86 ≥ 2.86 < 2.86 ≥ 2.86 < 2.86 ≥ 2.86 < 2.86 ≥ 2.86
N=23 N=41 N=23 N=41 N=22 N=18 N=20 N=54
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Leptin per kg fat (ng/mL/kg) 0.7 (0.3) 0.8 (0.3) 0.1 0.3 (0.2) 0.4 (0.2) 0.01 0.5 (0.3) 0.5 (0.3) 0.9 0.5 (0.3) 0.7 (0.4) 0.03
Adiponectin per kg fat (μg/mL/kg) 0.6 (0.5) 0.5 (0.4) <0.01 1.1 (0.8) 0.5 (0.5) <0.01 1.3 (0.6) 1.0 (0.5) 0.2 0.6 (0.2) 0.3 (0.2) <0.01
Leptin to adiponectin ratio 1.0 (0.7) 2.8 (2.1) <0.01 0.4 (0.4) 1.7 (2.3) <0.01 0.5 (0.6) 0.6 (0.4) 0.4 1.0 (0.7) 2.9 (2.4) <0.01
*

BMI: body mass index;

**

Homeostasis model of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) ≥ 2.86 indicates above the 75th percentile for HOMA-IR derived from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.(15)