Research Article
Serum Leptin and Adiponectin Levels in Obese and Nonobese Asthmatic School Children in relation to Asthma Control
Table 1
Patients’ demographic anthropometric, serum lipids, and spirometric measures between obese and nonobese asthmatics school children.
| | Variables | Obese asthmatic
(48.3%) | Nonobese asthmatic
(51.7%) | value |
| | Age (years) | (10.7; 7.5–14.0) | (11.2; 7–14) | 0.432
| | Gender | | | | | Male | 22 (75.9%) | 24 (77.4%) | 0.887 | | Female | 7 (24.1%) | 7 (22.6%) | | BMI -score | (3.6; 2.2–8.9) | (−0.15; −0.95–1.96) | <0.0001
| | Regular daily inhaled corticosteroid (yes) | 22 (75.9%) | 23 (74.2%) | 0.881 | | Steroid dose (µg/day) | (250; 100–640) | (250; 100–640) | 0.975
| | Asthma control | | | | | Well controlled | 15 (48.4%) | 17 (58.6%) | 0.696 | | Partially controlled | 14 (45.2%) | 10 (34.5%) | | Uncontrolled | 2 (6.5%) | 2 (6.9%) | | Allergic rhinitis (yes) | 18 (62.1%) | 15 (48.4%) | 0.287 | | Serum IgE | (381; 15–2264) | (208; 6–1663) | 0.495 | | FEV1 -score | (−0.70; −2.3–1.1) | (−0.89; −3.7–1.1) | 0.399 | | FVC -score | (−0.09; −1.7–1.8) | (−0.45; −2.9–2.3) | 0.775 | | FEV1/FVC -score | (−1.0; −2.5–0.67) | (−0.95; −2.5–0.69) | 0.929 | | Serum leptin (ng/mL) | (27.1; 4.6–46.8) | (3.6; 0.32–48.9) |
<0.0001
| | Serum adiponectin (ng/mL) | (2.3; 0.75–4.9) | (4.3; 1.9–12.0) |
<0.0001
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Values in parenthesis denote median and range.
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