Circulating level of interleukin-6 in relation to body mass indices and lipid profile in Egyptian adults with overweight and obesity

Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Table 1 General characteristics and anthropometric measures of control group and study group

		Control group	Study group	P value	Sig.
		No. = 25	No. = 60	P value	Sig.
Sex (n, %)	Female	19 (76.0%)	47 (78.3%)	0.814*	NS
Sex (n, %)	Male	6 (24.0%)	13 (21.7%)	0.814*	NS
Age (years)	Mean ± SD	35.60 ± 7.92	36.40 ± 7.26	0.653^•	NS
Age (years)	Range	25–50	25–50	0.653^•	NS
Height (cm)	Mean ± SD	160.58 ± 8.12	161.45 ± 6.66	0.609^•	NS
Height (cm)	Range	148–180	148–179	0.609^•	NS
Weight (kg)	Mean ± SD	59.08 ± 7.80	94.43 ± 19.80	0.000^•	HS
Weight (kg)	Range	46– 75	58–142	0.000^•	HS
BMI (kg/m²)	Mean ± SD	22.68 ± 1.63	36.18 ± 7.09	0.000^•	HS
BMI (kg/m²)	Range	19.92–24.84	26.12–54.49	0.000^•	HS

P value > 0.05, non-significant; P value < 0.05, significant; P value < 0.01, highly significant
BMI body mass index
*Chi-square test
^•Independent t test