Apelin Serum Level in Egyptian Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C

Table 4

Apelin and adjusted-apelin levels among different CHC groups (𝑛=73).

	𝑛	Apelin (ng/mL)	Adjusted-apelin (ng/mL)
Lean patients	37	2.96 (2.08–3.7)
Obese patients	36	3.60 (2.95–3.9)^a
Non-IR patients	30		1.7 (0.82–2.2)
IR patients	43		1.9 (1.12–2.4)^b

Data are medians (25th and 75th centiles-quartiles).   ^asignificant difference from lean patients at 𝑃≤0.05.   ^bsignificant difference from non-IR patients at 𝑃≤0.05.