Metabolic Syndrome and Selective Inflammatory Markers in Psoriatic Patients

Table 4

Inflammatory markers in the patients (PP) and the controls (CG) without metabolic syndrome.

Variable	PP without MS ()	CG without MS ()	value
CRP (mg/l)	3.9 (7.4–1.8)	2.2 (3.6–1.4)	NS
Adiponectin (mg/l)	13.4 (23.8–7.5)	9.7 (18.0–4.7)	NS
Leptin (ug/l)	12.1 (26.5–5.8)	9.2 (15.0–3.9)	NS
Resistin (ng/ml)	11.4 (20.3–9.3)	9.8 (12.7–7.9)	NS
Lp- PLA2 (ng/ml)	942 (1242–660)	579 (719–408)	<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.