Serum Levels of Resistin, Adiponectin, and Apelin in Gastroesophageal Cancer Patients
Table 2
Biochemical and blood parameters in study groups.
Parameter
Healthy controls ()
GEC patients
-value
Noncachectic ()
Cachectic ()
Hemoglobin (g/L)
15.9 ± 1.3a,b
12.3 ± 1.8c
11.8 ± 2.0c
<0.001*
Lymphocytes (109/L)
2.2 ± 1.3
2.9 ± 1.7
2.8 ± 1.2
0.365
Total protein (g/L)
69.9 ± 5.9a,b
58.2 ± 7.1c
58.2 ± 10.7c
<0.001*
Albumin (g/L)
39.2 ± 4.0a
35.0 ± 7.2c
37.5 ± 4.8
0.039*
hsCRP (mg/L)
1.05 ± 0.65a,b
108.1 ± 53.3c
110.3 ± 82.9c
<0.001*
Resistin (ng/mL)
7.5 ± 2.7b
8.99 ± 3.21b
11.74 ± 2.98a,c
<0.001*
Adiponectin (g/mL)
9.81 ± 4.1b
8.86 ± 3.79
8.02 ± 4.10c
0.248
Apelin (pg/mL)
635 ± 365b
820 ± 211
855 ± 195c
0.014*
Data presented as means ± SD and analyzed using ANOVA with post hoc Tukey test. Statistically significant; significantly different from noncachectic cancer patients; bsignificantly different from cachectic cancer patients; csignificantly different from controls.