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Table 4 Factors associated with Body Mass Index (BMI)

From: Impact of malnutrition on systemic immune and metabolic profiles in type 2 diabetes

 

Normal BMI

Low BMI

pValue

Age in Years

39 (33.5–45)

37 (31–43.5)

0.270

Gender [Male]

22 (50%)

22 (50%)

> 0.950

Albumin (g/dl)

4.3 (3.9–4.5)

3.1 (2.9–3.2)

< 0.001

Urea (mg/dl)

20 (17–22)

22.5 (18.5–26)

0.068

Creatinine (mg/dl)

0.9 (0.7–1)

0.9 (0.8–1)

0.280

ALT (U/L)

20 (17–26)

25 (18–31)

0.204

AST (U/L)

29 (21.5–36)

27 (21.5–42)

> 0.950

Serum triglycerides (mg/dl)

89.5 (75–131)

97.5 (79–154)

0.155

HDL (ml/dl)

35.5 (31–43)

41 (33.5–47)

0.162

LDL (ml/dl)

100 (92–125)

104 (85.5–136)

0.858

RBG (mg/dl)

207 (200–233.5)

271 (224–300)

< 0.001

HbA1c

8.7 (7.5–11.3)

11.7 (9.7–13.3)

< 0.001

Insulin (pg/ml)

52.2 (31.3–90)

82.8 (44.1–187.2)

0.002

Glucagon (pg/ml)

167.9 (150.9–215.8)

250.1 (185–289.7)

< 0.001

Adiponectin (pg/ml)

160,974 (65794–303,991.3)

266,212.7 (96,521.4–451,000.8)

0.023

Adipsin (pg/ml)

17,841.1 (6995.9–45,530.8)

29,648 (12,397.1–71,191.6)

0.021

Resistin (pg/ml)

2437.2 (1539.6–4154)

2828.6 (1988.6–4534.2)

0.374

Leptin (pg/ml)

2003.2 (1605.1–4767.4)

1633.6 (1094.6–2819.1)

0.032

Visfatin (pg/ml)

2978.5 (1660.1–4881.3)

3648.7 (1949.3–4162.3)

0.710

IFN-γ (pg/ml)

372.4 (312.4–410.1)

330.8 (267.2–372.4)

0.004

IL-2 (pg/ml)

173.9 (128.1–219.5)

152.8 (82.4–171.2)

0.010

TNF-α (pg/ml)

318.4 (245–416.2)

265 (211.5–336.5)

0.032

IL-17A (pg/ml)

35.3 (29.2–47.7)

25.5 (18.6–53.8)

0.026

IL-17F (pg/ml)

186 (85.4–238.6)

128.3 (82.9–164.3)

0.041

IL-22 (pg/ml)

97.8 (62–129)

70.1 (37.5–125.2)

0.243

IL-4 (pg/ml)

49 (31.5–128.8)

33.5 (31.1–35.5)

0.006

IL-5 (pg/ml)

120.6 (114.3–126.9)

96.9 (71.1–124.3)

0.014

IL-13 (pg/ml)

78.2 (43.4–98)

33.3 (22.4–81.9)

0.008

IL-10 (pg/ml)

111.4 (102.1–119.2)

96 (90–111.4)

< 0.001

TGF-β (pg/ml)

78.2 (43.4–98)

33.3 (22.4–81.9)

0.008

GM-CSF (pg/ml)

206.9 (154.4–252.8)

151.3 (74.5–220.1)

0.015

G-CSF (pg/ml)

111.4 (99.9–127.5)

95.4 (73–109.1)

0.001

MCP-1 (pg/ml)

234.8 (175.7–327.7)

165.4 (72.1–247.3)

< 0.001

MIP-1β (pg/ml)

102 (38.9–208.3)

65.3 (49.5–79.5)

0.047

IL-6 (pg/ml)

78.3 (49.2–121.1)

38.1 (26.6–48.8)

< 0.001

IL-7 (pg/ml)

58.2 (49.4–98.2)

64.5 (32.4–85.5)

0.341

IL-8 (pg/ml)

284.6 (145.6–322.3)

79.1 (42.6–134.6)

< 0.001

IL-12 (pg/ml)

98.2 (90.1–118.2)

90.1 (82.2–104.9)

0.026

IL-1β (pg/ml)

66.8 (50–125.3)

69.4 (54.4–74.7)

0.455

  1. Mann Whitney U test was used at 5% level of significance