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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2016 Aug;24(8):1731–1740. doi: 10.1002/oby.21557

Table 3.

Demographics of the subjects used for the meta-analysis of plasma adropin concentrations.

Demographic; laboratory measurement All subjects (n=245) Males (n=104) Females (n=141) P-value

D2M (n) 46 8 38
Age (years)
Mean 34.9 33.3 36.1 n.s
SD 12.8 13.6 12.2
Range 18–67 18–70 20–67
BMI (kg/m2)
Mean 30.7 28.4 32.4 =0.001
SD 9.1 7.4 9.9
Range 17.6–71.5 17.6–62.6 19.4–71.5
Adropin (ng/ml)
Mean 3.3 3.9 2.9 =0.001
SD 2.3 3.0 1.6
Range 0.6–20.0 1.1–20.0 0.6–10.9