Table 3. Concentration of insulin, CRP, adiponectin and leptin normalized by total protein of a subset of 213 randomly selected children.

	Probe	Insulin	CRP	Adiponectin	Leptin
	Parameter	(median, intraquartile range)	(median, intraquartile range)	(median, intraquartile range)	(median, intraquartile range)
	Units	pg/ml saliva	pg/ml saliva	pg/ml saliva	pg/ml saliva
Underweight (27)	M(12)	39.11, 84.01	61.66, 143.95	13, 363, 13, 812	0.02, 4.47
	F(15)	87.84, 83.83	117.67, 217.16	8, 168, 6, 591	0.03, 4.66
Normal (71)	M(36)	86.45, 133.87	142.82, 236.09	8, 919, 7, 590	1.04, 7.65
	F(35)	53.56, 83.21	180.74, 327.00	11, 426, 10, 123	0.67, 8.59
Overweight (57)	M(19)	192.29, 208.82	430.76, 625.88	7, 152, 5, 916	5.14, 5.82
	F(38)	168.09, 257.48	607.19, 787.82	9, 184, 6, 897	3.38, 8.71
Obese (58)	M(27)	211.83, 203.68	1, 038.31, 1, 484.94	6, 337, 3, 550	3.39, 12.44
	F(31)	188.95, 236.98	828.61, 1, 560.40	7, 740, 5, 233	4.77, 11.75
	Age	0.047 (0.038)	0.825 (0.947)	0.080 (0.097)	0.970 (1.000)
Wilcoxon regression p	Sex	0.452 (0.619)	0.564 (0.253)	0.181 (0.329)	0.970 (1.000)
mg protein (ml saliva)	Overweight	0.262 (0.448)	0.132 (0.266)	0.560 (0.911)	0.018 (0.020)
	Obese	<0.0001 (<0.0001)	<0.0001 (<0.0001)	0.082 (0.030)	0.017 (0.020)
	Underweight	<0.0001 (<0.0001)	<0.0001 (<0.0001)	0.028 (0.017)	0.003 (0.012)

Probability levels for protein-normalized saliva samples for age, sex, overweight, obese and underweight were computed by Wilcoxon regression relative to normal healthy weight children are listed with probability levels of the subset based on salivary concentration in parentheses.