Research Article
Relation of Adiponectin to Glucose Tolerance Status, Adiposity, and Cardiovascular Risk Factor Load
Table 3
Clinical characteristics of study patients by CVRFs load.
| | Variables | Low-risk subjects
| High-risk subjects
| value |
| | Age | | |
0.200
| | Sex (M/F) | | |
0.01
| | BMI | | |
0.135
| | CVRFs median (range) | 2 (range 0–2) | 3 (range 3–4) |
0.002
| | Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | | |
0.006
| | Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | | |
0.032
| | Mean arterial pressure (mmHg) | | |
0.126
| | Fasting blood glucose (mg/dL) | | |
0.0001
| | HBAIC () | | | | | HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) | | | | | Triglycerides (mg/dL) | | |
0.0001
| | Hs-CRP (mg/dL) | | |
0.408
| | Fasting insulin (IU/mL) | | |
0.0001
| | HOMA-IR | | |
0.0001
| | AST (mg/dL) | | |
0.011
| | ALT (mg/dL) | | |
0.204
| | Adiponectin (ng/mL) | | |
0.0001
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