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Table 2 Hepatic markers and white blood cell (WBC) count

From: Preliminary evidence for obesity-associated insulin resistance in adolescents without elevations of inflammatory cytokines

 

Lean

Obese

p-value

ALT (U/L)

23.9 ± 1.2

42.3 ± 5.5

0.002**

AST (U/L)

29.3 ± 2.5

31.0 ± 2.4

0.647

Alkaline Phosphatase (mg/dL)

91.4 ± 6.1

92.8 ± 4.7

0.855

Total Bilirubin (U/L)

0.5 ± 0.1

0.4 ± 0.0

0.416

Total Protein (gm/dL)

7.8 ± 0.5

7.5 ± 0.4

0.010**

Albumin (mg/dL)

4.7 ± 0.3

4.3 ± 0.3

0.000**

WBC (103/mL)

5.5 ± 0.8

6.8 ± 1.8

0.000**

  1. **denotes a p-value of ≤0.010.
  2. Alanine aminotrasferase (ALT); aspartate aminotransferase (AST); white blood cell (WBC).
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Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome

ISSN: 1758-5996

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