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. 2016 Aug 1;6:30820. doi: 10.1038/srep30820

Table 1. Sociodemographics, irisin and activity levels.

    HC normal-weight (n = 49) Obesity (n = 21) Morbid-Obesity (n = 44) Statistic p
Academic level; % Primary 8.2% 70.6% 61.9% χ2(df:4) = 43.65 <0.001
Secondary 38.8% 23.5% 31.0%
University 53.1% 5.9% 7.1%
Education (years); Range 9 to 20 7 to 20 0 to 20 F(df:3;110) = 35.33 <0.001
Mean (SD) 18.47 (2.52) 11.76 (3.82) 13.00 (4.70)
Age (years); Range 19 to 46 26 to 68 22 to 63 F(df:3;110) = 42.31 <0.001
Mean (SD) 29.04 (6.22) 49.19 (11.69) 42.25 (10.84)
BMI (kg/m2); Range 18.97 to 24.61 30.79 to 39.11 40.35 to 59.52 F(df:3;110) = 624.4 <0.001
Mean (SD) 21.61 (1.54) 35.52 (2.40) 46.32 (4.91)
Body-fat (%); Range 18 to 35 34 to 50 38 to 53 F(df:3;110) = 287.3 <0.001
Mean (SD) 26.57 (4.50) 41.41 (3.84) 46.55 (3.66)
Irisin (ng/ml); Range 60.5 to 171.7 92.3 to 176.0 68.7 to 219.8 F(df:3;110) = 20.86 <0.001
Mean (SD) 104.00 (24.32) 122.38 (23.63) 141.40 (32.96)
Activity: MVPA; Range 14.0 to 154.2 9.0 to 151.5 3.7 to 126.8 F(df:3;110) = 5.04 0.008
Mean (SD) 71.37 (34.09) 54.47 (43.82) 47.40 (34.15)

BMI: Body mass index. SD: standard deviation.