Adipokines NUCB2/Nesfatin-1 and Visfatin as Novel Inflammatory Factors in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Table 1

Plasma levels of adipokines and other inflammatory markers in patients with COPD and healthy controls.

	COPD	Controls	𝑃 value
𝑁	43	41
NUCB2/nesfatin-1 (pg/mL)	75.0 [26.2–103.1]	43.1 [17.9–86.6]	0.117
Visfatin (ng/mL)	7.5 ± 1.5	8.9 ± 2.3	0.002
IL-6 (pg/mL)	1.5 ± 1.3	1.5 ± 1.2	0.888
MMP-9 (ng/mL)	40.6 ± 17.3	33.9 ± 12.6	0.048

Values are presented as mean ± SD for normally distributed data and as median [interquartile range] for nonnormally distributed data.
IL-6: interleukin 6; MMP-9: matrix metalloproteinase 9.