Table 1 Demographic, anthropometric, and laboratory data of the studied groups.

From: Serum levels of Wnt5a in Egyptian women with obesity and their association with toll like receptor 2 Arg753Gln gene polymorphism in a pilot case control study of obesity as a state of metaflammation

 

Groups

Mann-Whitney test

Control group (n = 30)

Obesity group (n = 60)

Median

IQR

Median

IQR

Z

p-value

Age (years)

43.00

33.00–61.00

46.00

34.50–62.00

0.655

0.512

Weight (Kg)

55.00

50.00–57.00

90.00

83.00–102.50

7.269

< 0.001*

Height (cm)

156.50

150.00–160.00

159.50

154.00–162.00

1.706

0.088

BMI (Kg/m2)

21.70

20.70–23.60

37.70

32.80–40.25

7.705

< 0.001*

Waist circumference (cm)

89.50

81.00–100.00

112.00

101.50–121.50

5.579

< 0.001*

Hip circumference (cm)

104.00

100.00–112.00

125.00

119.00–132.00

6.509

< 0.001*

WHR

0.82

0.80–0.93

0.90

0.84–0.92

1.886

0.059

FMI (Kg/m2)

5.45

5.20–6.10

17.15

14.40–19.35

7.707

< 0.001*

FBS (mg/dL)

100.50

90.00–117.00

115.00

104.00–133.50

2.932

0.003*

ESR (mm/hr)

12.00

10.00–13.00

28.00

13.00–41.00

5.394

< 0.001*

Cholesterol (mg/dL)

240.00

156.00–281.00

196.50

186.00–220.50

0.446

0.656

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

138.50

132.00–169.00

150.00

145.00–172.50

2.489

0.013*

HDL-C (mg/dL)

63.00

54.00–79.00

50.00

49.00–64.00

2.549

0.011*

LDL-C (mg/dL)

93.00

81.00–120.00

181.00

147.00–187.00

5.304

< 0.001*

Leptin (ng/mL)

42.50

35.00–50.00

59.75

50.00–73.75

5.644

< 0.001*

TNF-α (pg/mL)

76.00

66.00–89.00

150.00

125.00–350.00

7.546

< 0.001*

Wnt5a (ng/mL)

1.00

0.54–2.30

5.10

4.35–6.68

7.054

< 0.001*

  1. BMI: Body mass index; ESR: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; FMI: Fat mass index; HDL-C: High density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: Low density lipoprotein cholesterol; FBS: Fasting blood sugar; TNF-α: Tumor necrosis factor alpha; WHR: Waist-Hip ratio.
  2. *p-value < 0.05 indicates statistical significance.