Serum Neopterin Is Not Increased in Obese Juveniles

Table 2

Neopterin, body fat, HDL cholesterol, resistin, oxLDL, and C-reactive protein concentrations (mean ± S.D.) before and after 12 months of intervention therapy.

	Start of intervention	End of intervention (12 months)
𝑛	31 (male 13, female 18)	31
Neopterin (nmol/L)	4.4 ± 0.38	5.0 ± 1.7*
Body fat (%)	36.8 ± 7.0	29.5 ± 5.1***
HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)	42.4 ± 7.6	47.2 ± 9.3*
Resistin (ng/ml)	4.7 ± 1.6	3.9 ± 0.9*
Oxidized LDL (mg/dl)	59.7 ± 10.8	53.1 ± 16.3*
C-reactive protein (mg/dl)	2.8 ± 2.6	3.2 ± 3.2

* 𝑃<.05, **𝑃<.01, ***𝑃<.001 (paired 𝑡-test).