Evaluation of Adipokines, Inflammatory Markers, and Sex Hormones in Simple and Complex Breast Cysts’ Fluid

Table 2

Plasma and specimens from the cysts adipokines levels in study subgroups.

	Women with simple cyst	Women with complex cyst
Plasma leptin [ng/mL]	15.1 (8.5–21.9)	8.0 (4.6–14.6)	<0.05
Cyst fluid leptin [ng/mL]	1.1 (0.8–1.6)	0.8 (0.5–1.5)	NS
Plasma adiponectin [g/mL]	3.4 (2.0–6.4)	3.8 (1.9–4.6)	NS
Cyst fluid adiponectin [µg/mL]	0.03 (0.02–0.06)	0.03 (0.02–0.04)	NS
Plasma visfatin/NAPMT [ng/mL]	1.4 (0.7–2.4)	1.4 (0.9–3.0)	NS
Cyst fluid visfatin/NAPMT [ng/mL]	9.1 ± 2.3	8.3 ± 1.6	NS
Plasma resistin [ng/mL]	8.6 ± 1.9	8.4 ± 1.9	NS
Cyst fluid resistin [ng/mL]	1.0 ± 0.6	1.0 ± 0.6	NS
Plasma TNF-α [pg/mL]	1.2 ± 0.6	1.0 ± 0.5	NS
Cyst fluid TNF-α [pg/mL]	3.5 ± 1.5	3.4 ± 1.5	NS
Plasma IL-6 [ng/mL]	2.0 ± 1.2	1.5 ± 0.9	NS
Cyst fluid IL-6 [ng/mL]	2.0 ± 1.3	1.7 ± 1.5	NS