Table 2. Polynomial trends and pairwise comparisons for Irisin and Physical activity (ANOVA adjusted by covariates participants’ age and years of education).
| Adjusted means |
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Trends |
Pairwise-comparisons: mean differences |
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| HC | OB | MO | Factor Group | Linear | Quadratic | OB vs HC | MO vs HC | MO vs OB | ||||||||||
| n = 49 | n = 21 | n = 44 | F(2;111) | p | F(1;111) | p | F(1;111) | p | MD | p | |d| | MD | p | |d| | MD | p | |d| | |
| Irisin (ng/ml) | 104.0 | 122.4 | 141.4 | 20.86 | 0.002 | 41.72 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.999 | 18.38 | 0.026 | 0.77* | 37.40 | 0.002 | 1.29* | 19.02 | 0.022 | 0.66* |
| Activity: MVPA | 71.37 | 54.47 | 47.40 | 5.04 | 0.016 | 9.74 | 0.004 | 0.192 | 0.999 | −15.90 | 0.198 | 0.41 | −23.97 | 0.004 | 0.70* | −8.07 | 0.830 | 0.20 |
Abbreviations: HC, Healthy controls normal-weight; OB, Obesity; MO, Morbid-Obesity; |d|: Cohen’s-d. *Moderate to high effect size (|d| > 0.50). |d|: Cohen’s-d. *Moderate to high effect size (|d| > 0.50). Results include Bonferronis-correction for multiple comparisons.