Serum Levels of Resistin, Adiponectin, and Apelin in Gastroesophageal Cancer Patients

Table 2

Biochemical and blood parameters in study groups.

Parameter	Healthy controls; (𝑛=60)	GEC patients		𝑃-value
		Noncachectic; (𝑛=41)	Cachectic; (𝑛=44)
Hemoglobin (g/L)	15.9 ± 1.3^a,b	12.3 ± 1.8^c	11.8 ± 2.0^c	<0.001*
Lymphocytes (10^9/L)	2.2 ± 1.3	2.9 ± 1.7	2.8 ± 1.2	0.365
Total protein (g/L)	69.9 ± 5.9^a,b	58.2 ± 7.1^c	58.2 ± 10.7^c	<0.001*
Albumin (g/L)	39.2 ± 4.0^a	35.0 ± 7.2^c	37.5 ± 4.8	0.039*
hsCRP (mg/L)	1.05 ± 0.65^a,b	108.1 ± 53.3^c	110.3 ± 82.9^c	<0.001*
Resistin (ng/mL)	7.5 ± 2.7^b	8.99 ± 3.21^b	11.74 ± 2.98^a,c	<0.001*
Adiponectin (𝜇g/mL)	9.81 ± 4.1^b	8.86 ± 3.79	8.02 ± 4.10^c	0.248
Apelin (pg/mL)	635 ± 365^b	820 ± 211	855 ± 195^c	0.014*

Data presented as means ± SD and analyzed using ANOVA with post hoc Tukey test.
∗Statistically significant; asignificantly different from noncachectic cancer patients; ^bsignificantly different from cachectic cancer patients; ^csignificantly different from controls.