Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of the Studied Groups: IGF-1, Insulin-Like Growth factor-1.

	Total		P value	Average weight		P value	Overweight		P value
	Control	Cases		Control	Cases		Control	Case
	N=30	N=66		N=16	N=30		N=14	N= 36
Mean age (yrs.)	46.97 ± 9.65	50.20 ± 11.84	0.194	44.6 ± 12.3	51.8 ± 13.5	0.08	49.6 ± 4.3	48.9 ±10.2	0.78
Gender
Male	16 (53.3)	45 (68.2)	0.16	9 (56.3)	24 (80)	0.088	7(50)	21(58.3)	0.594
Female	14 (46.7)	21 (31.8)		7 (43.8)	6 (20)		7(50)	15 (41.8)
IGF1* (ng/ml) (Median&IQR)	184.6 (157, (200.5)	129.7 (81.3, 156.9)	< 0.001	162.4 (154.7, 194.7)	129.9 (78.9, 158.0)	0.003	188.6 (175.2, 202.3)	119.2 (83.6, 150.20)	0.005