Circulating Levels of Interleukin-1 Family Cytokines in Overweight Adolescents

Table 1

Characteristics of the study population. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. n.s.: not significant.

	Normal weight adolescents	Overweight adolescents	P-value
N	35	35
Age (Years)	15.3	15.1	n.s.
Body Weight (kg)	63.3 ± 7.6	97.0 ± 19.3	<.001
BMI	20.5 ± 1.9	32.1 ± 5.2	<.001
BMI-SDS	0.05 ± 0.68	2.39 ± 0.52	<.001
Waist circumference (cm)	72.7 ± 4.4	100.2 ± 13.5	<.001
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	120 ± 11	134 ± 17	.021
Triglycerides (mmol/l)	0.89 ± 0.29	1.12 ± 0.74	n.s.
Total cholesterol (mmol/l)	3.92 ± 0.79	4.09 ± 0.77	n.s.
LDL cholesterol (mmol/l)	2.37 ± 0.82	2.55 ± 0.72	n.s.
HDL cholesterol (mmol/l)	1.27 ± 0.21	1.10 ± 0.22	.002
High-sensitive CRP (mg/dl)	0.52 ± 1.49	2.69 ± 3.19	.001