Research Article

Adipokines and Insulin Resistance in Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer

Table 2

Childhood cancer survivors’ characteristics, by gender. Data are median and quartiles (1q; 3q) or mean ± SD.

TotalFemalesMales value
Mean ± SDMedian (q1; q3)Mean ± SDMedian (q1; q3)Mean ± SDMedian (q1; q3)

Age (years)24.11 ± 3.5123.59 (21.46; 25.99)23.88 ± 3.9923.75 (20.60; 25.95)24.29 ± 3.13123.55 (22.05; 26.01)0.476
Time from treatment completion (years)11.81 ± 5.1912.15 (7.35; 15.50)11.26 ± 4.9412.15 (6.62; 14.83)1224 ± 5.4012.00 (7.50; 16.50)0.420
Weight (kg)71.05 ± 14.9970.00 (61.00; 80.40)62.72 ± 12.4061.05 (54.05; 69.70)77.26 ± 13.7877.40 (66.10; 83.70)<0.001
Height (m)1.73 ± 0.091.72 (1.67; 1.80)1.66 ± 0.071.67 (1.63; 1.72)1.77 ± 0.071.78 (1.72; 1.82)<0.001
BMI (kg/m2)23.68 ± 4.0122.94 (20.96; 25.67)22.59 ± 3.7321.80 (19.54; 25.07)24.49 ± 4.0624.29 (21.74; 26.61)0.025
WHR 0.86 ± 0.130.83 (0.79; 0.92)0.83 ± 0.170.80 (0.71; 0.83)0.88 ± 0.090.86 (0.83; 0.93)<0.001
FAT (g)21063 ± 1136717361 (12779; 27228)26605 ± 1411223390 (17043; 36393)18368 ± 877215753 (12380; 24093)0.025
FAT (%)27.04 ± 10.2826.50 (19.80; 34.20)35.98 ± 9.6137.25 (29.48; 41.58)22.70 ± 7.4621.20 (16.75; 28.85)<0.001
Lean (g)50644 ± 1023752163 (41666; 58885)38921 ± 413339487 (36211; 41669)56347 ± 685556244 (51934; 61920)<0.001
Lean/FAT3.14 ± 1.762.64 (1.83; 3.86)1.90 ± 1.091.58 (1.16; 2.36)3.75 ± 1.713.53 (2.33; 4.71)<0.001
Insulin (IU/mL)9.49 ± 15.096.39 (3.69; 10.70)8.37 ± 5.166.70 (4.22; 12.15)10.18 ± 18.786.10 (2.85; 9.80)0.463
Glucose (mmol/L)4.99 ± 0.844.90 (4.68; 5.30)4.72 ± 0.974.70 (4.43; 5.28)5.20 ± 0.665.00 (4.78; 5.48)0.009
HOMA-IR0.24 ± 0.510.14 (0.07; 0.25)0.17 ± 0.120.13 (0.09; 0.24)0.28 ± 0.650.14 (0.06; 0.25)0.919
Adiponectin (ng/mL)7841 ± 53815639 (4333; 9570)10009 ± 63678282 (5144; 13660)6433 ± 41364707 (4044; 8305)0.002
Adiponectin/FAT in gram0.43 ± 0.350.30 (0.18; 0.57)0.41 ± 0.350.28 (0.17; 0.57)0.44 ± 0.360.31 (0.18; 0.57)0.861
Leptin (pg/mL)10343 ± 122035579 (1866; 14725)13900 ± 146378215 (2304; 22965)8030 ± 98454570 (1829; 11983)0.136
Leptin/FAT in gram0.58 ± 1.010.39 (0.11; 0.72)0.64 ± 0.440.69 (0.24; 0.97)0.56 ± 1.190.33 (0.10; 0.57)0.064
Leptin/adiponectin ratio1.94 ± 2.860.69 (0.29; 2.46)2.09 ± 2.951.03 (0.27; 2.58)1.83 ± 2.840.64 (0.30; 2.35)0.798
Resistin (ng/mL)9.32 ± 3.358.85 (7.01; 11.20)9.94 ± 2.9910.00 (7.87; 11.83)8.92 ± 3.558.67 (6.35; 10.63)0.101