Research Article
Elevated Plasma Levels of Interleukin-12p40 and Interleukin-16 in Overweight Adolescents
Table 1
Demographic characteristics.
| | Normal weight | Overweight adolescents | Significance |
| | 42 | 37 | | Age |
15.4 ± 0.9 | 15.0 ± 1.4 | ns | Height (cm) | 176 ± 8 | 174 ± 9 | ns | Weight (kg) | 63 ± 7.6 | 98 ± 19.1 | <0.001 | BMI | 20.48 ± 1.80 | 32.43 ± 5.20 | <0.001 | Waist circumference (cm) | 73 ± 5 | 101 ± 13 | <0.001 | Heart rate (per minute) | 78 ± 17 | 78 ± 11 | ns | Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 120 ± 11 | 134 ± 17 | 0.008 | Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 72 ± 9 | 72 ± 9 | ns | Leukocytes (×109/L) | 6.4 ± 1.6 | 6.6 ± 1.8 | ns | Erythrocytes (×1012/L) | 5.2 ± 0.3 | 5.3 ± 0.4 | 0.042 | Hemoglobin (mmol/L) | 9.4 ± 0.5 | 9.2 ± 0.7 | ns | Hematocrit | 0.44 ± 0.02 | 0.43 ± 0.03 | ns | MCV (fL) | 85 ± 3 | 81 ± 4 | <0.001 | MCH (fmol) | 1.82 ± 0.06 | 1.74 ± 0.10 | <0.001 | MCHC (mmol/L) | 21.50 ± 0.36 | 21.57 ± 0.58 | ns | Thrombocytes (×109/L) | 244 ± 54 | 269 ± 38 | 0.02 | Neutrophils (×109/L) | 3.34 ± 1.46 | 3.46 ± 1.40 | ns | Monocytes (×109/L) | 0.48 ± 0.14 | 0.58 ± 0.14 | 0.003 | Lymphocytes (×109/L) | 2.35 ± 0.55 | 2.34 ± 0.65 | ns | HbA1c (%) | 5.04 ± 0.28 | 5.27 ± 0.25 | <0.001 | Creatinine (μmol/L) | 84.71 ± 8.46 | 73.97 ± 12.13 | <0.001 | Cholesterol (mmol/L) | 4.01 ± 0.80 | 4.08 ± 0.75 | ns | High-density lipoprotein (mmol/L) | 1.29 ± 0.22 | 1.09 ± 0.22 | <0.001 | Low-density lipoprotein (mmol/L) | 2.44 ± 0.83 | 2.55 ± 0.70 | ns | Triglycerides (mmol/L) | 0.98 ± 0.56 | 1.12 ± 0.76 | ns | High sensitive C-reactive protein (mg/L) | 0.52 ± 1.37 | 2.95 ± 3.51 | <0.001 | TNF-alpha (pg/mL) | 69.65 ± 5.21 | 62.32 ± 4.73 | ns | IL-6 (pg/mL) | 7.01 ± 0.82 | 7.48 ± 0.96 | ns | IL-10 (pg/mL) | 13.21 ± 1.86 | 18.62 ± 4.47 | ns |
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