From: Preserved endothelial function in human obesity in the absence of insulin resistance
Control subjects | Non-insulin resistant morbid | Insulin resistant morbid obese subjects (n=27) | |
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(n=12) | obese subjects(n=20) | ||
Adiponectin (μg/ ml) | 9.47±0.12 | 6.27±0.49 ¶ | 5.09±0.63 † |
Resistin (ng/ ml) | 1.95±0.22 | 3.85±0.54 * | 4.33±0.56 * |
TNF-α ( pg/ ml) | 4.61±0.45 | 5.65±0.39 | 6.41±0.47 * |
IL- 6 (pg/ ml) | 1.24±0.19 | 2.81±0.37 | 4.81±0.78 ¶, ‡ |