Research Article
Association of Markers of Proinflammatory Phenotype and Beige Adipogenesis with Metabolic Syndrome in Chinese Centrally Obese Adults
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of Chinese subjects categorized by the presence of central obesity ().
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aStatistical analyses carried out on available data. bOne outlier in CRP and Irisin were excluded. cTwo outliers in IL-6 was excluded. Data were mean ± SD for clinical characteristics, and median (25th, 75th) for serum CRP, IL-6, and irisin levels. BP: blood pressure; CRP: C-reactive protein; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; IL-6: interleukin-6; MetS: metabolic syndrome. |