Research Article
Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components in Young Adults Conceived by ICSI
Table 3
Metabolic blood markers in ICSI-conceived and control men and women.
| | Men | Women | | ICSI
| Control
| value | ICSI
| Control
| value |
| | Total cholesterol (mg/dl) | | | | | | | | Mean (SD) | 153.9 (24.8) | 153.7 (23.5) | 0.97 | 184.8 (33.9) | 175.2 (31.3) | 0.07 | | HDL cholesterol (mg/dl) | | | | | | | | Mean (SD) | 47.9 (9.0) | 52.4 (11.0) | 0.02 | 65.8 (17.2) | 64.2 (16.7) | 0.55 | | LDL cholesterol (mg/dl) | | | | | | | | Mean (SD) | 90.6 (20.2) | 86.3 (22.8) | 0.31 | 99.8 (28.1) | 93.1 (27.2) | 0.21 | | Triglycerides (mg/dl) | | | | | | | | Mean (SD) | 82.7 (38.3) | 75.8 (28.3) | 0.28 | 103.5 (47.0) | 93.3 (36.4) | 0.14 | | Back-transformed mean (95% CI) | 74.8 (66.2; 84.5) | 71.1 (64.4; 78.5) | 0.52 | 93.6 (84.7; 103.5) | 87.2 (80.4; 94.6) | 021 | | Glucose (mg/dl) | | | | | | | | Mean (SD) | 82.4 (6.8) | 84.1 (6.1) | 0.18 | 79.5 (5.6) | 81.7 (6.7) | 0.03 | | Insulin (pmol/l) | | | | | | | | Mean (SD) | 63.7 (42.0) | 53.7 (24.9) | 0.13 | 66.7 (28.2) | 67.2 (24.9) | 0.91 | | Back-transformed mean (95% CI) | 54.3 (47.0; 62.8) | 49.1 (43.8; 55.1) | 0.28 | 61.7 (56.1; 67.9) | 63.1 (58.3; 68.3) | 0.72 | | HOMA-IR | | | | | | | | Mean (SD) | 1.8 (1.2) | 1.6 (0.8) | 0.19 | 1.9 (0.8) | 1.9 (0.8) | 0.64 | | Back-transformed mean (95% CI) | 1.6 (1.4; 1.8) | 1.5 (1.3; 1.6) | 0.40 | 1.7 (1.6; 1.9) | 1.8 (1.7; 1.9) | 0.44 |
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values for the comparison of ICSI versus controls with a t-test. |
