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Table 2 Biological characteristics of male and female study patients by IR

From: Insulin resistance and adipokines serum levels in a caucasian cohort of hiv-positive patients undergoing antiretroviral therapy: a cross sectional study

Characteristics

Males

Females

 

Patients without IR (Group 1)

Patients with IR (Group 2)

P

Patients without IR (Group 1)

Patients with IR (Group 2)

P

N

14 (27.5)

37 (72.5)

 

16 (42.1)

22 (57.6)

 

Adiponectin (μg/mL) a

14.1 (31.8)

8.3 (10.5)

0.03*

18.1 (28.1)

14.4 (12.7)

0.18

Leptin (ng/mL) a

0.6 (1.2)

0.9 (1.2)

0.25

2.8 (2.3)

5.3 (8.8)

0.04*

Resistin (ng/mL) a

4.9 (3.3)

5.5 (3)

0.8

5.3 (6)

6.2 (4.6)

0.5

TNF alpha (pg/mL) a

13.8 (17.6)

10.4 (14.6)

0.65

10.4 (14.3)

8.9 (14.8)

0.62

IL-6 (pg/mL) a

35.8 (22.6)

27.7 (18.5)

0.46

23.9 (14.4)

25.2 (4.9)

0.22

Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

179.5± 33

197.6± 35.8

0.1

184± 34

202.9± 46.6

0.17

LDL cholesterol (mg/dl)

107.7± 34

115± 37.2

0.52

107± 32.6

112± 36.9

0.62

HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)

42.2± 12.5

40 ± 9.1

0.19

41.7± 8.5

48 ± 16

0.02*

Triglycerides (mg/dl) a

117.5 (84)

217 (157)

0.01*

167.5 (41)

165.5 (140)

0.96

  1. Data are shown as mean ± SD or number (percent).
  2. a Results presented as median (interquartile range).
  3. * p<0.05 Group 1 vs. Group 2.
  4. p values based on t-test for equality of means or Mann–Whitney test for continuous variables, Chi-square or Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables.
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