Adipokines and Sexual Hormones Associated with the Components of the Metabolic Syndrome in Pharmacologically Untreated Subjects: Data from the Brisighella Heart Study
Table 2
Adipokine and sex hormone levels by gender and metabolic syndrome diagnosis.
Variable
No Metabolic syndrome
Metabolic syndrome
Men (. 61)
Women (. 28)
Men (. 63)
Women (. 47)
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
Adiponectin (pg/mL)
10.19
4.78
15.57°
6.86
8.39*
4.90
11.32
5.06
Leptin (pg/mL)
4.67
4.05
13.23°
10.47
6.31*
3.72
19.45
13.34
Leptin/adiponectin
0.54*°
0.48
1.11°
1.14
0.97*
0.76
2.17
1.75
Ghrelin (pg/mL)
758.33
202.98
730.35
230.63
729.32
152.72
724.65
188.84
Testosterone (ng/mL)
7.00
5.28
2.04
1.57
6.46
2.72
1.76
1.32
Estrone (pg/mL)
153.07
139.52
153.21°
142.20
234.79*
250.39
106.32
58.75
DHEAS (g/mL)
1.10
0.59
0.90°
0.53
1.08*
0.62
0.69
0.43
Testosterone/estrone
0.06
0.04
0.01
0.02
0.05
0.03
0.01
0.01
between men and women. versus subjects of the same sex without MS.
