Metabolic Syndrome and Selective Inflammatory Markers in Psoriatic Patients

Table 5

Inflammatory markers in the patients (PP) with and without metabolic syndrome (MS).

Variable	PP with MS ()	PP without MS ()	value
CRP (mg/l)	6.6 (11.0–2.9)	3.9 (7.4–1.8)	NS
Adiponectin (mg/l)	6.0 (11.7–4.1)	13.4 (23.8–7.5)	<0.001
Leptin (ug/l)	26.0 (38.1–12.4)	12.1 (26.5–5.8)	<0.05
Resistin (ng/ml)	11.8 (15.6–8.4)	11.4 (20.3–9.3)	NS
Lp-PLA2 (ng/ml)	1007 (1245–761)	942 (1242–660)	NS

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