Association of Markers of Proinflammatory Phenotype and Beige Adipogenesis with Metabolic Syndrome in Chinese Centrally Obese Adults

Table 4

Clinical characteristics of Chinese subjects categorized by serum IL-6 levels ().

	Low IL-6^a	High IL-6^a	value
IL-6 (pg/mL)^b	0.6 ± 0.3	3.1 ± 2.7	<0.001
Age (years)	58.8 ± 7.9	60.4 ± 7.7	0.56
Waist circumference (cm)	80.6 ± 8.3	84.0 ± 11.9	0.36
Systolic BP (mmHg)	123.1 ± 17.1	134.1 ± 25.6	0.07
Diastolic BP (mmHg)	72.1 ± 9.0	75.9 ± 11.0	0.07
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	1.3 ± 0.7	1.7 ± 1.0	0.003
HDL-C (mmol/L)	1.6 ± 0.4	1.4 ± 0.4	0.02
Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L)	5.2 ± 0.9	5.6 ± 1.1	0.009
Irisin (μg/mL)^b,c	7.4 (4.0, 10.8)	8.2 (5.1, 12.3)	0.28

^aSerum IL-6 levels were categorized into low and high levels based on sample median. ^bStatistical analyses carried out on available data. ^cOutliers were excluded. Data were mean ± SD or median (25th, 75th) for serum irisin level. BP: blood pressure; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; IL-6: interleukin-6.