Increased Gustatory Response Score in Obesity and Association Levels with IL-6 and Leptin

Table 1

Characteristics of patients and subjects of the current study.

Variable	Nonobese controls	Obese patients	p value
Age (year)	24.57 ± 0.459	24.83 ± 0.512	0.700
Sex (M/F)	1.57 ± 0.092	1.47 ± 0.093	0.440
Weight (Kg)	57.72 ± 1.28	102.73 ± 2.5	<0.001
Height (m)	2.0 ± 0.0	2.03 ± 0.033	0.321
BMI (Kg/m^2)	21.56 ± 0.33	35.42 ± 0.56	<0.001
Waist circumference (M and F, cm)	86.13 ± 1.71	110.1 ± 1.95	<0.001
Hip circumference (M and F, cm)	93.33 ± 1.41	115.99 ± 4.27	<0.001
WHR (M and F)	0.92 ± 0.01	3.15 ± 2.24	0.320

was considered as significant. BMI: body mass index, M: male, F: female, WHR: waist-to-hip ratio.