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 ().

Central obesity ()Noncentral obesity () value

Age (years)60.1 ± 9.960.4 ± 6.20.92
Waist circumference (cm)90.6 ± 8.375.7 ± 5.6<0.001
Systolic BP (mmHg)135.1 ± 23.6124.5 ± 21.40.001
Diastolic BP (mmHg)76.5 ± 11.872.0 ± 8.00.04
Triglycerides (mmol/L)1.8 ± 1.11.2 ± 0.5<0.001
HDL-C (mmol/L)1.3 ± 0.41.6 ± 0.4<0.001
Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L)5.8 ± 1.35.1 ± 0.7<0.001
CRP (pg/mL)a,b484.9 (176.2, 933.2)313.9 (125.4, 657.1)0.024
IL-6 (pg/mL)a,c1.1 (0.8, 2, 6)0.9 (0.4, 1.3)0.110
Irisin (μg/mL)a,b6.5 (3.5,1 0.8)8.3 (5.1, 11.7)0.055

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.