Evaluation of Adipokines: Apelin, Visfatin, and Resistin in Children with Atopic Dermatitis

Table 3

The adipokine serum levels/BMI ratio in AD children and healthy controls.

Adipokine serum levels/BMI	Children with AD; (𝑛=27; M/F: 10/17)	Healthy children; (𝑛=46; M/F: 19/27)
Apelin pg/mL/BMI (kg/m^2)
All subjects	9.06±0.20	7.18±0.19 *
Boys	8.54±0.28	7.3±0.66
Girls	9.37±0.42	7.09±0.36 *
Visfatin ng/mL BMI/(kg/m^2)
All subjects	0.11±0.00	0.14±0.00 *
Boys	0.10±0.01	0.14±0.01 *
Girls	0.11±0.01	0.14±0.01 *
Resistin ng/mL/BMI (kg/m^2)
All subjects	0.23±0.01	0.21±0.01
Boys	0.23±0.02	0.20±0.01
Girls	0.24±0.01	0.21±0.01

Data as shown as mean ± standard error. P values from Mann-Whitney’s 𝑈-test.*AD versus control 𝑃<0.001.