Table 1 Clinical and biochemical traits of the study subjects.

From: Inflammatory protein signatures in individuals with obesity and metabolic syndrome

Feature

OBO (n = 27)

OBM (n = 21)

P Value

Age (years)

36.82 ± 5.50

42.76 ± 6.89

0.080

Gender

17(F) 10 (M)

7(F) 14(M)

0.0038

Height (cm)

161.7 ± 7.9

164.9 ± 3.5

0.748

Weight (kg)

115.7 ± 21.5

103.8 ± 33.1

0.161

BMI (kg/m2)

41.2 ± 4.9

38.5 ± 2.8

0.228

HbA1c (mmol/mol)

36.1 ± 4.01

58.5 ± 20

0.000

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

1.19 ± 0.45

2.43 ± 1.52

0.001

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.6 ± 1.0

4.3 ± 1.2

0.328

Low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-Cholesterol (mmol/L)

2.7 ± 1.0

2.2 ± 1.1

0.973

High-density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol (mmol/L)

1.4 ± 0.5

1.0 ± 0.2

0.004

Glucose (mmol/L)

5.2 ± 0.6

7.6 ± 3.3

0.004

Creatinine (mmol/L)

65.8 ± 14.1

77.8 ± 33.4

0.131

Insulin (miU/mL)

18.9 ± 14.2

25.7 ± 15.3

0.19

C-reactive protein (CRP) (mg/L)

9.09 ± 5.2

6.7 ± 3.9

0.086

Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (U/L)

26.8 ± 18.4

31.1 ± 15.9

0.394

Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (U/L)

20.5 ± 9.3

21.6 ± 6.4

0.632

  1. OBO obesity only, OBM obesity with metabolic syndrome. Significance was determined by the Student’s t-test.