Metabolic Syndrome and Selective Inflammatory Markers in Psoriatic Patients

Table 3

Inflammatory markers in the patients (PP) and the controls (CG) with metabolic syndrome.

Variable	PP with MS ()	CG with MS ()	value
CRP (mg/l)	6.6 (11.0–2.9)	2.4 (5.4–1.5)	<0.01
Adiponectin (mg/l)	6.0 (11.7–4.1)	12.9 (19.5–7.7)	<0.01
Leptin (ug/l)	26.0 (38.1–12.4)	10.5 (20.6–5.7)	<0.01
Resistin (ng/ml)	11.8 (15.6–8.4)	9.5 (10.8–8.1)	<0.05
Lp-PLA2 (ng/ml)	1007 (1245–761)	636 (887–486)	<0.001

Notes: all data are presented as medians and upper and lower quartiles in brackets; CRP: C-reactive protein, Lp-PLA2: lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2.