Dietary Intake as a Link between Obesity, Systemic Inflammation, and the Assumption of Multiple Cardiovascular and Antidiabetic Drugs in Renal Transplant Recipients
Table 3
Biochemical parameters and inflammatory markers (hs-CRP and IL-6) in the three groups of kidney transplant recipients (NW: normal weight, OW: overweight, OB: obese).
NW
OW
OB
eGFR° (mL/min)
50.8 ± 19.4
54.1 ± 13.2
63.0 ± 25.2
Plasma glucose (mg/dL)
77.7 ± 9.1
81.3 ± 15.0
82.9 ± 17.6
Plasma total cholesterol (mg/dL)
188.9 ± 33.5
181.0 ± 25.2
185.9 ± 31.4
Plasma HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)
49.4 ± 11.7
55.0 ± 14.9
50.0 ± 19.5
Plasma LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)
107.5 ± 34.9
96.3 ± 19.9
105.4 ± 30.4
Plasma tryglycerides (mg/dL)
153.5 ± 74.2
157.0 ± 46.8
154.3 ± 63.0
Serum uric acid
6.2 ± 0.7
6.3 ± 1.1
5.9 ± 1.0
Calcium (mg/dL)
9.7 ± 0.5
9.9 ± 0.4
9.6 ± 0.2
Phosphorus (mg/dL)
3.4 ± 0.8
3.2 ± 0.4
3.3 ± 0.4
Albumin (g/dL)
4.4 ± 0.3
4.5 ± 0.2
4.5 ± 0.3
hs-CRP (mg/L)
2.7 ± 2.4
4.0 ± 3.7
4.8 ± 3.9*
IL-6 (pg/mL)
4.5 ± 3.2
5.0 ± 4.4
7.3 ± 5.0*
Fibrinogen (mg/dL)
377.1 ± 123.4
326.0 ± 45.7
372.9 ± 101.1
Glomerular filtration rate (expressed by MDRD formula).
*
versus NW.
