Association of Serum Ceruloplasmin Level with Obesity: Some Components of Metabolic Syndrome and High-Sensitive C-Reactive Protein in Iran

Table 1

Baseline and serum characteristics of study subjects. Data are presented as means ± SD.

	Control group; (𝑛=61)	Case group; (𝑛=61)	𝑃 value
Age (years)	41/1±9/6	41/8±10/2	0/7
Males/females	32 : 29	34 : 27	0/88
HTN (%)	5/1	4/8	0/93
Hyperlipidemia (%)	13/6	17/5	0/55
Hypothyroidism (%)	3/4	7/9	0/28
BMI (kg/m^2)	23/5±1/3	30/3±4/3	<0/001
WC (cm)	87/3±6/9	96/6±11/8	<0/001
FBS (mg/dL)	95/7±8/9	97/4±9/1	0/3
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	150/6±28/7	155/5±29/3	0/35
Triglyceride (mg/dL)	126/6±61	142/2±62/5	0/16
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	82/4±18/9	90/5±22/8	<0/05
HDL cholesterol (mg/L)	47/9±11/1	47/7±9/3	0/9
hs-CRP (mg/L)	1/88±0/96	2/14±1/15	0/17
Ceruloplasmin (mg/dL)	29/7±7/1	30/8±7/6	0/4

WC indicates waist circumference.
HTN indicates hypertension.