Table 4 Comparison of the characteristics of the obesity group (n = 60) according to the presence of metabolic syndrome.

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

Obese

Metabolic syndrome

Mann-Whitney test

No (n = 29)

Yes (n = 31)

Median

IQR

Median

IQR

Z

P-value

Age (years)

44.00

33.00–54.00

47.00

36.00–62.50

1.125

0.261

Weight (Kg)

88.00

80.00–95.00

97.50

85.00–103.50

1.749

0.080

Height (cm)

160.00

155.00–163.00

159.00

153.00–160.50

1.092

0.275

BMI (Kg/m2)

33.50

31.20–38.50

39.00

34.50–41.70

2.619

0.009*

Waist circumference (cm)

108.00

100.00–119.00

118.00

110.00–125.50

2.139

0.032*

Hip circumference (cm)

121.00

117.00–128.00

127.00

122.00–132.50

2.088

0.037*

WHR

0.89

0.82–0.92

0.90

0.86–0.91

0.328

0.743

FMI (Kg/m2)

16.00

13.60–17.40

18.00

16.65–20.00

2.598

0.009*

FBS (mg/dL)

110.00

101.00–133.00

117.00

108.50–131.00

1.206

0.228

ESR (mm/hr)

22.00

12.00–30.00

30.00

20.00–60.00

2.168

0.030*

Cholesterol (mg/dL)

186.00

180.00–193.00

220.00

193.00–277.00

2.761

0.006*

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

145.00

140.00–145.00

166.00

156.00–178.00

5.449

< 0.001*

HDL-C (mg/dL)

50.00

49.00–64.00

49.00

45.00–66.50

1.528

0.127

LDL-C (mg/dL)

147.00

147.00–181.00

183.00

173.50–190.00

3.253

0.001*

Leptin (ng/mL)

55.00

46.00–65.00

65.00

55.00–80.25

2.512

0.012*

TNF-α (pg/mL)

130.00

125.00–150.00

350.00

137.50–445.00

2.777

0.005*

Wnt5a (ng/mL)

4.70

4.00–6.00

5.50

4.70–7.55

1.872

0.061

  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.