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. 2014 Feb 14;6:19. doi: 10.1186/1758-5996-6-19

Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population and biomarker levels

 
Healthy subjects (n = 46)
Patients with metabolic syndrome (n = 82)
p -value
  Total Male Female Total Male Female
Gender
46
13
33
82
40
42
.024
Age (years)
44.50
52.00
44.00
48.00
49.00
48.00
.013
(38.75-53.00)
(41.50-58.50)
(38.00-49.00)
(43.75-58.00)
(44.00-58.75)
(42.75-55.75)
Body mass index (kg/m2)
21.82
22.00
21.81
27.26
26.97#
27.28#
<.001
(20.22-22.89)
(20.97-23.55)
(19.42-22.81)
(24.56-29.53)
(24.68-29.20)
(23.96-30.10)
Triglyceride (mg/dL)
73.00
72.00
73.00
181.50
205.50#
165.00#
<.001
(57.75-89.00)
(64.00-95.00)
(56.50-86.50)
(136.00-290.50)
(141.50-304.00)
(128.00-244.00)
High density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dL)
-
60.00
65.00
-
44.50#
44.50#
<.001
 
(53.00-65.00)
(60.00-75.50)
 
(35.25-51.75)
(40.75-49.25)
Low density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dL)
105.50
115.00
100.00
159.50
154.50#
162.50#
<.001
(91.25-117.25)
(101.00-123.00)
(88.50-116.50)
(141.00-184.00)
(140.25-188.00)
(141.75-184.00)
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)
182.00
191.00
178.00
233.00
232.00#
235.00#
<.001
(169.75-193.25)
(177.50-195.00)
(165.50-191.50)
(210.25-260.00)
(212.25-259.75)
(207.75-260.25)
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)
117.00
118.00
116.00
134.00
135.00#
133.00#
<.001
(109.00-125.25)
(109–126.50)
(109.00-125.00)
(119.75-141.25)
(120.50-141.75)
(117.75-141.25)
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)
73.00
78.00
72.00
85.50
88.00#
81.50#
<.001
(68.75-79.25)
(70.50-80.50)
(67.50-78.00)
(79.00-91.25)
(82.25-95.00)
(74.75-87.25)
Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL)
90.00
92.00
90.00
102.50
107.50#
100.00#
<.001
(87.00-94.00)
(89.00-94.00)
(86.00-94.00)
(96.00-119.25)
(99.00-123.00)
(92.75-108.00)
Waist circumference (cm)
-
81.00
75.00
-
91.00#
90.50#
<.001
 
(73.50-82.00)
(69.50-78.50)
 
(86.00-95.75)
(86.75-94.50)
Plasma adiponectin (μg/ml)
32.24
20.21
33.38
14.01
13.69
14.21#
<.001
(17.96-46.84)
(9.842-41.33)
(21.13-48.64)
(8.09-14.010)
(5.38-20.79)
(9.66-28.07)
Salivary adiponectin (μg/ml)
2.92
3.46
1.93
2.78
3.51
1.88
.619
(7.91-6.23)
(1.74-7.03)
(5.62-4.38)
(1.05-6.48)
(1.49-9.09)
(8.17-6.25)
Plasma leptin (ng/ml)
6.04
2.39
7.39
13.23
7.37#
21.70#
<.001
(2.92-9.24)
(1.17-3.58)
(5.13-10.38)
(6.50-22.13)
(4.85-11.40)
(14.77-28.59)
Salivary leptin (pg/ml) 33.80
38.51
31.21
34.88
43.17
29.59
.523
(14.66-102.80) (18.71-104.55) (11.71-103.89) (17.07-54.77) (14.57-59.88) (17.34-48.98)

All data presented as median (25th-75th percentile).

#Significant difference from healthy same gender (p < .001).

Significant difference from healthy same gender.