Table 2.
Comparison of adipocytokines between the patient group and control groupsa.
| FS group (n = 55) | Fc group (n = 42) | Hc group (n = 48) | P-value (among groups) | P-value (FS and FC) | p-value (FS and HC) | p-value (FC and HC) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leptin (pg/ml) | 539.75 (9.41–2030.08) | 393.93 (181.51–1545.95) | 1447.87 (19.23–2948.69) | <0.05# | 0.65## | <0.001## | <0.001## |
| Visfatin (pg/ml) | 2.90 (0.04–13.50) | 2.62 (0.02–9.82) | 7.06 (1.25–22.84) | <0.05# | 1## | <0.001## | <0.001## |
| Adiponectin (μg/ml) | 13.09 ± 4.38 | 8.20 ± 2.53 | 7.19 ± 2.39 | <0.05* | <0.001** | <0.001** | 0.149** |
| IL-6 (pg/ml) | 8.96 (4.73–38.74) | 5.17 (4.61–46.09) | 5.11 (4.60–31.03) | <0.05# | <0.001## | <0.001## | 0.58## |
FS, febrile seizures; FC, febrile control; HC, healthy control; IL-6, Interleukin 6.
#
The P-value is for Kruskal-Wallis test;
*
The P-value is for One-way ANOVA test;
##
The P-value is for Nemenyi test;
**
The P-value is for LSD test.
a
Data shown mean ± standard deviation and median (min–max).