Table 3.
Relationship between the levels of pro and anti-inflammatory markers and the increased number of MetS criteria
|
Total Study Group
(n:108) P value* |
Control Group
(n: 54) P value* |
MetS Group
(n: 54) P value* |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of MetS Criteria | |||||||
| TNF-α (pg/mL) | < 0.001 | 0.654 | 0.645 | ||||
| IL-6 (pg/mL) | < 0.001 | 0.199 | 0.149 | ||||
| Adiponectin (ng/mL) | 0.168 | 0.959 | 0.541 | ||||
| Apo-A1 (mg/dL) | < 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.748 | ||||
| Apo-B (mg/dL) | 0.014 | < 0.001 | 0.461 | ||||
| Apo-B /Apo-A1 ratio | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.727 | ||||
| Fibrinogen (gr/dL) | 0.001 | 0.632 | 0.828 | ||||
| C 3 (gr/L) | < 0.001 | 0.227 | 0.066 | ||||
Abbreviations. See Table1. *Correlations between variables were evaluated using Spearman's correlation coefficients.