Table 1.
Clinical and biochemical characteristics of obese patients.
| All obese pz (n = 19) | OB-1 (n = 13) (BMI 30–40) |
OB-2 (n = 6) (BMI > 40) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SEM | Mean | SEM | Mean | SEM | |
| Age, years | 38.8 | 2.7 | 37.8 | 3.3 | 41.0 | 5.0 |
| BMI *, kg/m2 | 39.3 | 1.4 | 36.0 | 0.8 | 46.5 | 2.0 |
| Systolic blood pressure, mmHg | 136 | 2.6 | 133.5 | 3.5 | 141.7 | 2.1 |
| Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg | 85.0 # | 80 – 90 # | 85.2 | 1.7 | 77.7 | 7.8 |
| Heart rate, beats/min | 82.2 | 1.7 | 83.4 | 1.9 | 79.7 | 3.4 |
| Iron, μg/dL | 91.1 | 6.8 | 97.0 | 8.3 | 78.3 | 11.3 |
| Urea, mmol/L | 34.2 | 1.7 | 33.7 | 2.5 | 35.3 | 1.5 |
| Glucose *, mmol/L | 5 | 0.1 | 4.8 | 0.1 | 5.5 | 0.2 |
| Insulin, mIU/L | 15.6 | 2.3 | 17.8 | 3.2 | 10.9 | 0.9 |
| Creatinin, μmol/L | 0.9 # | 0.8–1.0 # | 0.9 # | 0.8–1.0 # | 1.0 | 0.1 |
| Total proteins, g/L | 7.7 | 0.2 | 7.8 | 0.2 | 7.4 | 0.3 |
| Albumin, g/L | 4.3 # | 4.0–4.8 # | 4.3 # | 4.0–4.8 # | 4.3 | 0.3 |
| Uric acid, mmol/L | 6.1 # | 5.1–7.0 # | 6.1 # | 5.2–6.8 # | 6.3 | 0.7 |
| Total bilirubin, μmol/L | 0.7 # | 0.4–1.0 # | 0.7 # | 0.5–3.5 # | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| Total cholesterol, mmol/L | 5.3 | 0.2 | 5.1 | 0.2 | 5.6 | 0.3 |
| Triglycerides, mmol/L | 1.6 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 0.3 |
| HDL-cholesterol, mmol/L | 1.5 | 0.08 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 0.1 |
| LDL-cholesterol, mmol/L | 3.1 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 0.4 |
| AST, U/L | 23.6 | 2 | 24.5 | 2.7 | 21.7 | 2.8 |
| ALT, U/L | 28.9 | 5.4 | 31.0 | 7.7 | 24.5 | 4.6 |
| ALP, U/L | 55.6 | 3.6 | 56.9 | 5.3 | 52.8 | 1.9 |
| GGT, U/L | 26.7 | 3.6 | 31.0 | 4.7 | 17.3 | 2.0 |
| Amylase, U/L | 48.4 | 3.8 | 51.5 | 4.4 | 41.7 | 7.4 |
*p < 0.001; # median value and 25th and 75th percentiles were reported for nonparametric distributions.