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 (×10^9/L)	6.4 ± 1.6	6.6 ± 1.8	ns
Erythrocytes (×10^12/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 (×10^9/L)	244 ± 54	269 ± 38	0.02
Neutrophils (×10^9/L)	3.34 ± 1.46	3.46 ± 1.40	ns
Monocytes (×10^9/L)	0.48 ± 0.14	0.58 ± 0.14	0.003
Lymphocytes (×10^9/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