Table 1.

Characteristics of patients and control groups.

Characteristic	Disease		Control
Age (yr)	Mean	Range	Mean	Range
	35	28–40	28	18–40
Male/female ratio	85/15		62/38
BMI (kg/m2)	29	19–41	24	19–32
Waist circumference (cm)	98	66–119	72	58–100
WBC count (cell/mcL) (N = 3.5–10.5 × 103)	8.4 × 103	5.4–14.5 × 103	7.13 × 103	2.5–14 × 103
Neutrophil count (cell/mcL) (N = 2.0–7.0 × 103)	4.54x 103	2.2–11.5 × 103	4.28 × 103	1.6–9.7 × 103
Lymphocyte count (cell/mcL) (N = 1.0–3.0x103)	2.5 × 103	1.08–4.95 × 103	2.2 × 103	0.17–4.6 × 103
Hs-CRPa (N = <3 mg/L)	0.25	0.043–17.3	0.156	0.041–2.46

^ahs CRP = high sensitivity C-reactive protein.