Prenatal and Childhood Growth, Chemerin Concentrations, and Metabolic Health in Adult Life

Table 3

Chemerin concentration according to glucose tolerance or metabolic syndrome in men and women.

	Chemerin concentration (ng/mL)
	Men			Women
		Mean (SD)	value^†		Mean (SD)	value^†
Glucose tolerance^‡
Normal	336	66.5 (17.8)	Baseline	409	70.7 (19.5)	Baseline
Impaired	118	66.3 (17.8)	0.4	165	72.7 (18.2)	0.9
Type 2 diabetes	26	62.0 (15.0)	0.1	18	67.0 (15.6)	0.3
Metabolic syndrome^‡
Absent	185	63.9 (17.2)	Baseline	335	68.4 (18.0)	Baseline
Present	294	67.5 (17.8)	0.2	259	74.8 (19.8)	0.03
All subjects	480	66.2 (17.7)		594	71.2 (19.1)

Adjusted for age and body fat percentage and compared to normal glucose tolerance or no metabolic syndrome groups.
Glucose tolerance not known for two women; metabolic syndrome status not known for one man.