Research Article
Follistatin-Like 1: A Potential Mediator of Inflammation in Obesity
Table 2
Clinical and biochemical characteristics of the study subjects.
| | Characteristics | Normal weight | Overweight/obese | P value |
| | Number of subjects | 93 | 51 | | | Age (years) | 45.5 ± 1.6 | 48.5 ± 1.8 | 0.244 | | Male, (%) | 25 (27) | 31 (60) | <0.001 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 22.07 ± 0.18 | 26.45 ± 0.18 | <0.001 | | SBP (mmHg) | 117.0 ± 1.6 | 126.3 ± 2.7 | 0.002 | | DBP (mmHg) | 73.7 ± 1.0 | 78.7 ± 1.4 | 0.003 | | FBG (mmol/L) | 4.76 ± 0.04 | 4.77 ± 0.05 | 0.888 | | TG (mmol/L) | 1.18 ± 0.08 | 1.90 ± 0.18 | <0.001 | | TC (mmol/L) | 4.79 ± 0.10 | 4.90 ± 0.12 | 0.501 | | LDL-C (mmol/L) | 3.01 ± 0.10 | 3.12 ± 0.11 | 0.490 | | HDL-C (mmol/L) | 1.48 ± 0.03 | 1.29 ± 0.05 | 0.002 |
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Data are presented as number (percentage) for categorical data and mean ± SE for continuous data.
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