Research Article

Adipokines and Insulin Resistance in Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer

Table 4

Patients characteristics by radiotherapy (RT). Data are median and quartiles (1q; 3q) or mean ± SD.

RTNon-RT value
Mean ± SDMedian (q1; q3)Mean ± SDMedian (q1; q3)

Age at study (years)24.65 ± 3.5924.19 (22.51; 26.34)23.04 ± 3.1122.05 (20.91; 24.98)0.06
Follow-up after treatment (years)12.33 ± 5.1712.30 (8.1; 16.2)10.81 ± 5.29.8 (6.55; 14.6)0.23
BMI (kg/m2)23.79 ± 3.9323.16 (20.80; 26.01)23.79 ± 4.2622.73 (20.89; 26.41)0.74
WHR 0.85 ± 0.140.81 (0.77; 0.92)0.84 ± 0.120.83 (0.74; 0.91)0.39
FAT (%)28.2 ± 11.3 28.5 (17.9; 37)25.0 ± 8.1021.7 (20.0; 31.8)0.37
Lean (g)48974 ± 984646740 (40849; 56463)53566 ± 105055754 (46193; 60926)0.11
Lean/FAT3.07 ± 1.952.36 (1.59; 4.32)3.26 ± 1.393.42(2.03; 3.79)0.35
Insulin (IU/mL)10.2 ± 18.06.10 (3.33; 11.6)8.00 ± 5.106.97 (4.15; 9.48)0.85
Glucose (mmol/L)0.49 ± 0.090.49 (0.46; 0.54) 0.50 ± 0.040.49 (0.47; 0.52)0.58
HOMA-IR0.26 ± 0.610.13 (0.06; 0.25)0.19 ± 0.140.16 (0.10; 0.24)0.51
Adiponectin (ng/mL)8395 ± 54406026 (4529; 10073)6873 ± 52474855 (4223; 7466)0.35
Adiponectin/FAT in gram0.46 ± 0.360.34 (0.25; 0.60)0.36 ± 0.330.26 (0.17; 0.35)0.15
Leptin (pg/mL)11499 ± 143825461 (1689; 18568)8319 ± 67366463 (2747; 14093)0.80
Leptin/FAT in gram0.68 ± 1.240.40 (0.09; 0.79)0.41 ± 0.310.33 (0.15; 0.65)0.61
Leptin/adiponectin ratio1.93 ± 3.000.60 (0.24; 1.92)1.95 ± 2.661.02 (0.37; 2.87)0.42
Resistin (ng/mL)9.30 ± 3.678.77 (6.45; 11.41)9.35 ± 2.808.85 (7.30; 10.63)0.70