Table 2 Median and range values of each blood biomarkers according to their functional group.

From: Biomarkers of cardiometabolic complications in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Biomarker

Median

Range

Biomarkers of inflammation

Adiponectin (ng/ml) n = 176

14.8

1.02–43.9

Leptin (μg/ml) n = 157

11.3

0.43–50.0

Resistin (μg/ml) n = 87

4.88

1.03–13.3

Visfatin (pg/ml) n = 161

81.7

2.39–539

IL-6 (pg/ml) n = 237

0.36

0.01–9.01

TNF-α (pg/ml) n = 244

2.06

0.83–55.2

PAI-1 (ng/ml) n = 145

17.9

0.54–155

CRP (mg/l) n = 238

1.00

0.00–22.0

Biomarkers of oxidative stress

SOD (U/ml) n = 156

105

55.8–167

GPx (nmol/min/ml) n = 244

632

139–1414

GSH (nmol/mg proteins) n = 240

42.3

18.6–77.1

Ox-LDL (U/l) n = 169

53.2

19.3–101

Protein carbonyls (nmol/mg) n = 87

0.59

0.11–1.90

mtDNA (relative gene expression) n = 227

4.68

2.15–7.56

Biomarkers of endotoxemia

LPS (ng/ml) n = 125

12.5

2.20–26.6

LBP (μg/ml) n = 244

18.8

4.25–48.3

Biomarkers of endothelial function

ICAM-1 (ng/ml) n = 244

537

284–1343

VCAM-1 (ng/ml) n = 244

695

365–1573

E-Selectin (ng/ml) n = 79

17.0

2.50–43.7

  1. CRP: C-reactive protein; GPx glutathione peroxidase; GSH: glutathione; ICAM-1: intercellular adhesion molecule-1; mtDNA: mitochondrial DNA; LBP: lipopolysaccharide-binding protein; LPS: lipopolysaccharide; Ox-LDL: oxidized-low-density lipoprotein; PAI-1: plasminogen activator inhibitor-1; SOD: superoxide dismutase; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor-α; VCAM-1: vascular cell adhesion molecule-1.