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

Table 3

The comparison of plasma and specimen adipokines levels in study subgroup.

	Women with simple cyst			Women with complex cyst
	Plasma	Cyst fluid		Plasma	Cyst fluid
Leptin [ng/mL]	15.1 (8.5–21.9)	1.1 (0.8–1.6)	<0.001	8.0 (4.6–14.6)	0.8 (0.5–1.5)	<0.001
Adiponectin [g/mL]	3.4 (2.0–6.4)	0.03 (0.02–0.06)	<0.001	3.8 (1.9–4.6)	0.03 (0.02–0.04)	<0.001
Visfatin/NAPMT [ng/mL]	1.4 (0.7–2.4)	9.1 ± 2.3	<0.001	1.4 (0.9–3.0)	8.3 ± 1.6	<0.001
Resistin [ng/mL]	8.6 ± 1.9	1.0 ± 0.6	<0.001	8.4 ± 1.9	1.0 ± 0.6	<0.001
TNF-α [pg/mL]	1.2 ± 0.6	3.5 ± 1.5	<0.01	1.0 ± 0.5	3.4 ± 1.5	<0.01
IL-6 [ng/mL]	2.0 ± 1.2	2.0 ± 1.3	NS	1.5 ± 0.9	1.7 ± 1.5	NS