Association between Adipose Tissue Interleukin-33 and Immunometabolic Markers in Individuals with Varying Degrees of Glycemia
Table 1
Anthropometric and biochemical characteristics of the study groups.
Participants
Normoglycemia
Prediabetes
Type 2 diabetes
value
Total number ()
21
23
47
-
Age (years)
54 (23, 72)
<0.0001
Body mass index (kg/m2)
0.38
Percentage body fat (%)
()
()
()
0.85
Soft lean mass (%)
()
()
()
0.85
Total body water (%)
()
()
()
0.87
SLM-to-PBF ratio
1.64 (1.1, 3.7) ()
()
1.58 (1.07, 3.19) ()
0.85
Waist-to-hip ratio
0.88 (0.48, 1.07) ()
()
0.94 (0.77, 2.34) ()
0.12
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)
8.2 (4.6, 17.7)
<0.0001
HbA1c (%)†
5.3 (4.4, 5.6) ()
(4.9, 12.3)
<0.0001
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)
4.63 (2.5, 8.5) ()
0.038
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)‡
1.16 (0.88, 2.24)
()
0.18
LDL cholesterol (mmol/L)§
()
0.003
Triglyceride (mmol/L)
0.79 (0.43, 2.93)
1.39 (0.36, 7.63) ()
0.0009
hsCRP (μg/mL)¶
()
3.85 (0.72, 8.14) ()
4.72 (0.94, 17.92) ()
0.4
White blood cell count (109/L)
()
()
0.006
Data shown represent either the standard deviation of the mean or the median (min, max) as indicated. Nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis test of the medians. †Glycated hemoglobin. ‡High-density lipoprotein. §Low-density lipoprotein. ¶High-sensitivity C-reactive protein.