Table 1 Comparison between studied groups regarding age, sex, FBG, some obesity- related hormones and CK

Age (years)

Median

5

4

6

5

0.160

Range

2.5-10

2-8

2.8-11

2-10

Sex

Male

13(56%)

7(53%)

12(60%)

12(52%)

0.962

Female

10(43%)

6(46%)

8(40%)

11(48%)

FBG (mmo/l)

Median

6.2^ab

5.2 ^ac

5.6 ^b

4.6 ^c

<0.001

Range

5.2-6.8

4.4-6.3

2.7-6.10

4-5.2

Insulin (uU/ml)

Median

20 ^ab

7 ^ac

10.9 ^b

3.8 ^c

<0.001

Range

9-56

4-10

4.6-18.5

2-6

HOMA-IR

Median

5.8 ^ab

1.56 ^ac

2.58 ^b

0.77 ^c

<0.001

Range

2.2-8.35

0.9-2.57

0.77-4.88

0.38-1.38

Leptin (ng/ml)

Median

18 ^a

3 ^a

18.25

3

<0.001

Range

11-36

1.8-10

10.4-45.7

1.9-7.0

leptin R

Median

0.68 ^a

0.21 ^a

0.67

0.195

<0.001

Range

0.4-1.26

0.13-0.46

0.45-1.2

0.146-0.304

TSH (uU/ml)

Median

3

2.8 ^c

3.3

1.3 ^c

<0.001

Range

0.85-7.30

1-5.7

0.7-2.7

0.4-3.0

FT4 (pmol/L)

Median

16 ^b

16.2

12 ^b

14

<0.001

Range

12-22

13-20

10.4-14.8

12.5-15

CK (U/L)

Median

60 ^b

50 ^c

29 ^b

30 ^c

<0.001

Range

12-193

35-130

18-47

24-50