Association of Inflammation with Metabolic Syndrome among Low-Income Rural Kazakh and Uyghur Adults in Far Western China

Table 2

IL-6, hsCRP, FFA and adiponectin levels of MS and non-MS groups in the Uyghur and Kazakh populations.

	Uyghur				Kazakh
	IL-6 (ng/L)	hsCRP (mg/L)	FFA (mg/L)	Adiponectin (pg/L)	IL-6 (ng/L)	hsCRP (mg/L)	FFA (mg/L)	Adiponectin (pg/L)
MS	30.86; (21.22, 43.89)	1.26; (0.79, 1.52)	0.57; (0.38, 0.80)	4405.54; (2524.4, 15964.34)	88.12; (44.20, 197.02)	3.20; (1.70, 5.50)	0.61; (0.48, 0.77)	446.17; (103.03, 1796.71)
Non-MS	23.32; (11.09, 31.81)	1.16; (0.79, 1.35)	0.45; (0.33, 0.65)	5724.58; (1824.22, 16388.89)	62.58; (14.20, 159.90)	1.50; (0.60, 4.50)	0.49; (0.34, 0.59)	841.71; (298.80, 2716.31)
	−5.852	−2.550	−4.398	−3.730	−3.456	−4.911	−5.518	−3.783
	<0.001	0.011	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001

Notes: MS = metabolic syndrome, IL-6 = interleukin-6, CRP = C-reactive protein, and FFA = free fatty acids.
Comparing the same index between the two ethnicities, .