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Table 1 Fasting blood glucose, lipid profile, total testosterone, adropin, and adiponectin in normal-weight and obese men

From: An association between adropin hormone and total testosterone in obese men: a case-control study

Measured parameters

Normal-weight (n=40)

Obese (n=43)

Significance

P value

Fasting blood glucose (mg/dl)

84.11± 16.45

89.09 ± 18.44

> 0.05

TC (mg/dl)

148.60 ± 24.53

199.58 ± 43.46

< 0.001

TG (mg/dl)

68.52 ± 23.65

147.28 ±101.32

< 0.001

HDL-c (mg/dl)

41.51 ± 11.06

35.58 ± 6.14

< 0.001

LDL-c (mg/dl)

93.62 ± 25.52

134.53 ± 33.32

< 0.001

Total testosterone (ng/ml)

6.48 ± 1.54

4.36 ± 1.44

< 0.001

Adropin (ng/ml)

25.45 (10.88)

9.60 (4.50)

< 0.001

Adiponectin (ng/ml)

1751.45 (1108.90)

901.90 (352.40)

< 0.001

  1. Data were expresses as mean ± SD or median (interquartile range); P: significance of obese versus normal-weight group; A P-value < 0.05 is considered significant
  2. n= number of subjects/group, TC Total cholesterol, TG Triglycerides, HDL-c High-density-lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-c Low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol