Skip to main content

Table 3 Biochemical characteristics of the population study according to the presence or absence of MS.

From: Obesity and metabolic syndrome in 7-9 years-old Portuguese schoolchildren

 

Without MS (n= 69)

With MS (n= 13)

p

Glucose (mg/dl)

81.8 ± 6.6

82.9 ± 7.4

0.580a

Insulin (μUI/ml)

8.1 ± 3.6

11.3 ± 6.3

0.037b

C-Peptide (ng/ml)

0.9 ± 0.5

1.2 ± 0.5

0.044b

HOMA-IR

1.64 ± 0.77

2.31 ± 1.25

0.028b

T-chol (mg/dl)

167.6 ± 25.5

179.2 ± 33.9

0.156a

HDL (mg/dl)

51.9 ± 8.9

40.4 ± 8.4

< 0.001a

LDL (mg/dl)

104.5 ± 21.5

119.7 ± 28.3

0.030a

Triglycerides (mg/dl)

63.4 ± 19.2

153.7 ± 74.7

< 0.001b

VLDL (mg/dl)

12.7 ± 3.8

30.7 ± 14.9

< 0.001b

T-chol/HDL

3.27 ± 0.50

4.54 ± 0.98

< 0.001b

Apolipoprotein A-I (mg/dl)

126.2 ± 14.9

114.1 ± 14.7

0.008a

Apolipoprotein B (mg/dl)

75.4 ± 13.8

87.7 ± 18.2

0.006a

Apolipoprotein A-I/B

1.73 ± 0.37

1.36 ± 0.37

0.001a

C-reactive protein (mg/dl)

0.38 ± 0.81

0.31 ± 0.23

0.283b

Leptin (ng/ml)

10.6 ± 5.8

15.5 ± 7.8

0.011a

Adiponectin (ng/ml)

26428.1 ± 12915.0

26136.9 ± 11291.1

0.940a

Ghrelin (pg/ml)

1051.1 ± 420.3

985.1 ± 380.7

0.600a

AST (U/L)

25.0 ± 6.3

26.8 ± 6.3

0.437b

ALT (U/L)

19.4 ± 7.2

25.2 ± 10.3

0.011b

GGT (U/L)

14.7 ± 4.1

20.6 ± 12.0

0.008b

  1. Data presented as mean ± SD.
  2. a t-student test for the differences between absence or presence of MS.
  3. b Mann-Whitney for the differences between absence or presence of MS.