Table 1.

Antropomorphic and Biochemical Analyses From Patients With Obesity who Received BARIATRIC SURGERY AND THEIR Controls Without Obesity

	Cont	Ob_NL	Ob_ST	Ob_NASH	Ob_NAFLD
n	19	47	44	12	56
Age (years)	49.5 ± 4.2	41.5 ± 1.8	40.9 ± 2.0	45.3 ± 3.5	41.8 ± 1.8
BMI (kg/m2)	24.7 ± 0.6	42.6 ± 0.9§	45.3 ± 1.0§	46.2 ± 2.6§	45.5 ± 1.0§
Waist (cm)	84.1 ± 2.4	121.4 ± 2.9§	131.8 ± 3.2§	129.6 ± 5.6§	131.3 ± 2.7§
Glucose (mM)	5.0 ± 0.2	5.1 ± 0.1	5.7 ± 0.1*/†	5.8 ± 0.3	5.7 ± 0.1*/†
Insulin (mU/L)	5.3 ± 0.8	7.5 ± 0.9	11.7 ± 1.4†/*	10.6 ± 2.3*	11.4 ± 1.2‡/†
HOMA‐IR index	1.2 ± 0.2	1.8 ± 0.2	3.1 ± 0.4‡/†	2.7 ± 0.5*	2.98 ± 0.3‡/†
Total chol (mmol/L)	4.4 ± 0.3	4.1 ± 0.2	4.1 ± 0.1	4.0 ± 0.2	4.1 ± 0.1
LDL‐chol (mmol/L)	2.6 ± 0.2	2.5 ± 0.1	2.4 ± 0.1	2.2 ± 0.2	2.4 ± 0.1
HDL‐chol (mmol/L)	1.2 ± 0.1	1.0 ± 0.04†	0.8 ± 0.03‡/*	0.9 ± 0.05	0.8 ± 0.02‡/*
TG (mmol/L)	1.4 ± 0.2	1.4 ± 0.1	2.1 ± 0.2*/*	1.9 ± 0.2	2.06 ± 0.1†/†
FFA (mmol/L)	0.7 ± 0.1	0.8 ± 0.04	0.8 ± 0.04	0.7 ± 0.07	0.8 ± 0.04
ALAT (U/L)	24.7 ± 6.0	29.8 ± 3.4	54.6 ± 4.5§/§	66.9 ± 20.8†/*	57.2 ± 5.6§/§
ASAT (U/L)	24.6 ± 4.0	27.3 ± 2.3	39.2 ± 2.9‡/†	49.5 ± 14.3*	41.4 ± 3.8§/‡
GGT (U/L)	26.9 ± 6.2	39.2 ± 7.0	40.4 ± 3.7*	68.9 ± 23.3*	46.5 ± 5.8†/*
ALP (U/L)	54.5 ± 4.8	68.3 ± 5.9	58.1 ± 2.4	69.5 ± 13.0	60.6 ± 3.4
Total bilirubin (μmol/L)	9.2 ± 1.2	9.8 ± 0.6	8.8 ± 0.5	14.2 ± 4.7	9.9 ± 1.1
Iron (μmol/L)	14.7 ± 1.6	11.9 ± 0.8	13.6 ± 0.7	14.0 ± 1.6	13.7 ± 0.7
Ferritin (μg/L)	139.3 ± 30.9	111.5 ± 17.9	179.2 ± 20.3ns/*	142.7 ± 31.5	171.4 ± 17.3ns/*
TSC (%)	30.3 ± 3.3	25.3 ± 1.9	28.5 ± 1.6	27.0 ± 2.7	28.2 ± 1.4

Symbols before the slash (/) represent comparison with the control group; those after the slash (/) represent comparison with the Ob_NL group. Results are expressed as mean ± SEM.

^* P < 0.05,

^† P < 0.01,

^‡ P < 0.001,

^§ P < 0.0001.

Abbreviations: Chol, cholesterol; FFA, free fatty acid; ns, not significant; TSC, transferrin saturation capacity.