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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population and biomarker levels

From: Comparison of salivary and plasma adiponectin and leptin in patients with metabolic syndrome

 

Healthy subjects (n = 46)

Patients with metabolic syndrome (n = 82)

p-value

 

Total

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Gender

46

13

33

82

40

42

.024

Age (years)

44.50

52.00

44.00

48.00

49.00

48.00‡

.013

(38.75-53.00)

(41.50-58.50)

(38.00-49.00)

(43.75-58.00)

(44.00-58.75)

(42.75-55.75)

Body mass index (kg/m2)

21.82

22.00

21.81

27.26

26.97#

27.28#

<.001

(20.22-22.89)

(20.97-23.55)

(19.42-22.81)

(24.56-29.53)

(24.68-29.20)

(23.96-30.10)

Triglyceride (mg/dL)

73.00

72.00

73.00

181.50

205.50#

165.00#

<.001

(57.75-89.00)

(64.00-95.00)

(56.50-86.50)

(136.00-290.50)

(141.50-304.00)

(128.00-244.00)

High density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dL)

-

60.00

65.00

-

44.50#

44.50#

<.001

 

(53.00-65.00)

(60.00-75.50)

 

(35.25-51.75)

(40.75-49.25)

Low density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dL)

105.50

115.00

100.00

159.50

154.50#

162.50#

<.001

(91.25-117.25)

(101.00-123.00)

(88.50-116.50)

(141.00-184.00)

(140.25-188.00)

(141.75-184.00)

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

182.00

191.00

178.00

233.00

232.00#

235.00#

<.001

(169.75-193.25)

(177.50-195.00)

(165.50-191.50)

(210.25-260.00)

(212.25-259.75)

(207.75-260.25)

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

117.00

118.00

116.00

134.00

135.00#

133.00#

<.001

(109.00-125.25)

(109–126.50)

(109.00-125.00)

(119.75-141.25)

(120.50-141.75)

(117.75-141.25)

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

73.00

78.00

72.00

85.50

88.00#

81.50#

<.001

(68.75-79.25)

(70.50-80.50)

(67.50-78.00)

(79.00-91.25)

(82.25-95.00)

(74.75-87.25)

Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL)

90.00

92.00

90.00

102.50

107.50#

100.00#

<.001

(87.00-94.00)

(89.00-94.00)

(86.00-94.00)

(96.00-119.25)

(99.00-123.00)

(92.75-108.00)

Waist circumference (cm)

-

81.00

75.00

-

91.00#

90.50#

<.001

 

(73.50-82.00)

(69.50-78.50)

 

(86.00-95.75)

(86.75-94.50)

Plasma adiponectin (μg/ml)

32.24

20.21

33.38

14.01

13.69‡

14.21#

<.001

(17.96-46.84)

(9.842-41.33)

(21.13-48.64)

(8.09-14.010)

(5.38-20.79)

(9.66-28.07)

Salivary adiponectin (μg/ml)

2.92

3.46

1.93

2.78

3.51

1.88

.619

(7.91-6.23)

(1.74-7.03)

(5.62-4.38)

(1.05-6.48)

(1.49-9.09)

(8.17-6.25)

Plasma leptin (ng/ml)

6.04

2.39

7.39

13.23

7.37#

21.70#

<.001

(2.92-9.24)

(1.17-3.58)

(5.13-10.38)

(6.50-22.13)

(4.85-11.40)

(14.77-28.59)

Salivary leptin (pg/ml)

33.80

38.51

31.21

34.88

43.17

29.59

.523

(14.66-102.80)

(18.71-104.55)

(11.71-103.89)

(17.07-54.77)

(14.57-59.88)

(17.34-48.98)

  1. All data presented as median (25th-75th percentile).
  2. #Significant difference from healthy same gender (p < .001).
  3. ‡Significant difference from healthy same gender.