Adipocytokine Associations with Insulin Resistance in British South Asians

Table 2

Mean biomarker concentrations within glucose groups.

	NGT	IGT	T2DM	P
Adiponectin (μgmL^−1)*
Men	10.6 (6.48)	9.3 (5.0)	6.9 (3.8)	0.07
Women	18.6 (11.8)	15.7 (10.0)	11.0 (4.9)	0.02
Total	13.6 (9.7)	12.4 (7.7)	8.5 (5.1)	0.002
Leptin (ngmL^−1)*
Men	10.5 (6.8)	14.3 (13.0)	16.2 (13.5)	0.005
Women	34.2 (29.7)	39.9 (35.7)	43.4 (40.7)	0.07
Total	20.3 (17.6)	26.5 (29.0)	26.7 (27.8)	0.05
TNF-α (pgmL^−1)*
Men	1.76 (1.4)	1.75 (1.2)	2.14 (2.3)	0.92
Women	1.96 (1.1)	1.65 (1.3)	1.80 (1.2)	0.67
Total	1.84 (1.3)	1.70 (1.3)	2.01 (1.6)	0.77

∗Data are median + inter quartile range (IQR).
P Nonparametric samples median test.