Table 2 Adipokines concentration in the groups of the study and Kruskal–Wallis comparison (n = 74).

From: Serum adipokines as non-invasive biomarkers in Crohn’s disease

Molecule(pg/ml)

HC (34)

qCD (22)

aCD (18)

p

Adiponectin

17.7 (17.1–17.8)

17.7 (17.6–17.8)

17.7 (17.6–17.8)

0.3

Resistin

9.0 (8.8–9.3)

9.2 (8.9–9.5)

9.3 (9.2–9.7)

0.04

Leptin

7.8 (6.8–9.0)

7.5 (6.4–8.7)

7.9 (6.7–8.7)

0.9

Ghrelin

4.6 (4.0–6.3)

4.8 (3.9–5.5)

3.9 (3.6–5.4)

0.07

  1. Variables were reported as median (interquartile range); Kruskal–Wallis comparisons were performed. In the case of resistin, Dunn test post hoc analysis was significant only for HC vs. aCD(p = 0.03). Only those patients with data for the four adipokines variables were considered. All variables were natural log transformed before the analysis.
  2. HC healthy control, qCD quiescent CD, aCD active CD.
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