Hepatic Chemerin and Chemokine-Like Receptor 1 Expression in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C

Table 2

Serum chemerin concentration, chemerin, and CMKLR1 tissue expression in CHC patients according to sex, BMI, and HOMA-IR.

	Men		Women		CHC patients
	BMI < 25	BMI ≥ 25	BMI < 25	BMI ≥ 25	BMI < 25	BMI ≥ 25
Chemerin (ng/mL)	2.84 ± 0.67	2.85 ± 0.71	3.04 ± 0.83	3.56 ± 1.45	2.93 ± 0.73	3.23 ± 1.20
Chemerin tissue expression	0.70 ± 0.30	0.71 ± 0.29	0.91 ± 0.31 ^∗	0.65 ± 0.25 ^∗	0.81 ± 0.32	0.67 ± 0.27
CMKLR1 tissue expression	0.65 ± 0.57	0.50 ± 0.31	0.79 ± 0.47	0.68 ± 0.46	0.72 ± 0.52	0.60 ± 0.40
	HOMA-IR < 2.5	HOMA-IR ≥ 2.5	HOMA-IR < 2.5	HOMA-IR ≥ 2.5	HOMA-IR < 2.5	HOMA-IR ≥ 2.5
Chemerin (ng/mL)	2.77 ± 0.83	2.83 ± 0.56	3.32 ± 1.52	3.35 ± 1.14	3.07 ± 1.26	3.08 ± 0.90
Chemerin tissue expression	0.58 ± 0.24	0.76 ± 0.37	0.84 ± 0.30	0.58 ± 0.22	0.73 ± 0.30	0.68 ± 0.31
CMKLR1 tissue expression	0.48 ± 0.14	0.42 ± 0.33	0.84 ± 0.42	0.68 ± 0.58	0.68 ± 0.37	0.54 ± 0.47

∗BMI < 25 versus BMI ≥ 25 kg/m²; 𝑃<0.05.