Research Article

Smoking is Associated with Reduced Leptin and Neuropeptide Y Levels and Higher Pain Experience in Patients with Fibromyalgia

Table 2

Levels of adipokines and IGF-1 in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid of smokers and nonsmokers.

Current smokers
Blood,
CSF,
Nonsmokers
Blood,
CSF,
Ex-smokers
Blood,
CSF,

Leptin, ng/mL
md [IQR]
Blood 19.4 [11.7–28.7]££28.8 [16.4–48.0]36.8 [28.0–55.7]
CSF104 [91–151]165 [114–225]178 [104–244]
Resistin, ng/mL
md [IQR]
Blood14.0 [12.2–17.9]14.6 [13.2–17.2]16.5 [14.0–23.8]
CSF18.7 [11.7–32.5]0.0 [0.0-0.0]24.3 [0.0–32.7]
Adiponectin, g/mL
md [IQR]
Blood4.6 [3.7–14.2]4.8 [3.0–7.3]4.9 [2.7–9.3]
CSF0.97 [0.75–1.25]0.77 [0.64–0.96]0.86 [0.71–1.03]
Visfatin, ng/mL
md [IQR]
Blood 1.32 [1.11–1.65]*1.91 [1.34–2.94]1.33 [1.17–1.72]
CSFbelow det. limitbelow det. limitbelow det. limit
IGF-1, ng/mL
md [IQR]
Blood 2.7 [2.0–4.3]*4.8 [4.1–8.8]$$2.5 [1.6–4.2]
CSFbelow det. limitbelow det. limitbelow det. limit
NPY, pg/mL
md [IQR]
Blood117 [95.9–139]86.3 [78.5–115]142 [85.6–180]
CSF36.5 [23.3–49.6]24.5 [16.0–36.9]29.5 [16.8–36.3]
Substance P, pg/mL
md [IQR]
Blood8.4 [4.3–17.4]22.0 [9.4–30.8]16.0 [4.3–46.0]
CSF6.3 [2.3–8.8]5.1 [2.2–6.9]3.2 [1.0–5.8]

IGF-1, insulin-like growth factor 1. Median, interquartile range, and values (Kruskal-Wallis with Dunn’s post hoc) are indicated.
*Current smokers versus non-smokers , $$non-smokers versus ex smokers, , ££current smokers versus ex smokers .