Table 2.
Clinical characteristics and biochemical indices in the obese and non-obese groups (mean ± SEM)
| Parameters | Non-obese group & | Obese group # |
Non-obese group |
Obese group |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ad36 (-) subgroup | Ad36 (+) subgroup | Ad36 (-) subgroup | Ad36 (+) subgroup | |||
| Case number |
95 |
90 |
57 |
38 |
37 |
53 |
| Age |
50 ± 10 |
53 ± 8 |
50 ± 10 |
49 ± 11 |
52 ± 8 |
54 ± 8 |
| BMI (kg/m2) |
22.4 ± 2.1 |
29.7 ± 3.7* |
22.5 ± 2.3 |
22.3 ± 1.8 |
29.8 ± 3.9 |
29.6 ± 3.6 |
| WC (cm) |
84.6 ± 9.8 |
99.8 ± 8.4* |
84.8 ± 10.5 |
84.5 ± 8.9 |
100.0 ± 8.2 |
99.5 ± 8.6 |
| HC (cm) |
95.5 ± 5.6 |
108.2 ± 8.0* |
95.6 ± 4.9 |
95.3 ± 6.7 |
107.4 ± 8.2 |
108.9 ± 7.8 |
| DBP (mmHg) |
73.4 ± 10.6 |
80.9 ± 16.8* |
73.5 ± 11.6 |
73.2 ± 9.1 |
81.2 ± 18.6 |
80.6 ± 15.3 |
| SBP (mmHg) |
118.2 ± 16.20 |
124.8 ± 21.2 |
119.2 ± 18.2 |
116.5 ± 12.8 |
125.2 ± 20.9 |
124.5 ± 21.7 |
| FBG (mmol/L) |
5.75 ± 2.09 |
5.82 ± 1.40 |
6.02 ± 2.40 |
5.35 ± 1.47 |
5.98 ± 1.71 |
6.04 ± 2.37 |
| TC (mmol/L) |
4.00 ± 0.84 |
4.34 ± 0.72* |
3.95 ± 0.85 |
4.09 ± 0.85 |
4.37 ± 0.75 |
4.33 ± 0.69 |
| TG (mmol/L) |
1.42 ± 0.90 |
1.81 ± 0.88* |
1.35 ± 0.96 |
1.51 ± 0.81 |
2.05 ± 1.15 |
1.59 ± 0.47** |
| HDL-C (mmol/L) |
1.35 ± 0.60 |
1.28 ± 0.58 |
1.25 ± 0.37 |
1.50 ± 0.81 |
1.28 ± 0.58 |
1.29 ± 0.60 |
| LDL-C (mmol/L) |
2.28 ± 0.75 |
2.43 ± 0.65 |
2.23 ± 0.86 |
2.34 ± 0.56 |
2.34 ± 0.64 |
2.51 ± 0.65 |
| Adiponectin (ng/ml) |
0.59 ± 0.24 |
0.49 ± 0.15* |
0.57 ± 0.24 |
0.62 ± 0.23 |
0.45 ± 0.13 |
0.54 ± 0.16** |
| Visfatin (ng/ml) | 1.07 ± 0.39 | 1.23 ± 0.35* | 0.98 ± 0.37 | 1.21 ± 0.40** | 1.11 ± 0.35 | 1.32 ± 0.30** |
Note: &, includes the Ad36 (-) non-obese subgroup and Ad36 (+) non-obese subgroup.
#, includes the Ad36 (-) obese subgroup and Ad36 (+) obese subgroup.
*, P < 0.05, when compared with the non-obese group.
**, P < 0.05, when compared with Ad36 (-) non-obese subgroup or Ad36 (-) obese subgroup, respectively.
BMI, body mass index. WC, waist circumference. HC, hip circumference. DBP, diastolic blood pressure. SBP, systolic blood pressure. FBG, fasting blood glucose. TC, total cholesterol. TG, triglyceride. HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.