Table 3.

Adipokines, inflammatory cytokines and markers of oxidative stress before and 4 years after SG

	Baseline	4 years	p
Adiponectin (ng/mL)	8.5 (5.8–12.7)	9.1 (5.1–13.3)	0.721
Leptin (pg/mL)	49.1 (30.8–63.9)	27.5 (13.0–44.1)	0.037
CRP (ng/mL)	7.2 (3.2–20.0)	2.6 (1.5–7.6)	0.007
IL-6 (pg/mL)	8.1 (4.9–38.8)	1.3 (0.4–4.6)	0.005
IL-10 (pg/mL)	8.4 (3.5–13.9)	4.9 (3.5–6.5)	0.093
Fasting TBARS (ng/mL)	54 (30–84)	125 (91–208)	0.021
120-min TBARS (ng/mL)	85 (44–132)	93 (80–160)	0.859
Fasting TAOS (%)	38 (47–52)	59 (43–63)	0.038
120-min TAOS (%)	44 (36–46)	50 (32–58)	0.374

Data are presented as median and interquartile range. p value calculated from Wilcoxon signed rank test