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

El-Mikkawy, Dalia M. E.; EL-Sadek, Maha A.; EL-Badawy, Mohja A.; Samaha, Dalia

doi:10.1186/s43166-020-00003-8

Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Table 2 Comparison of general characteristics, anthropometric measures, and serum lipids between subjects with overweight and obesity in different grades

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

		Degrees of obesity (no., %)				P value	Sig.
		Overweight (15, 25%)	Grade I obese (15, 25%)	Grade II obese (15, 25%)	Grade III obese (15, 25%)	P value	Sig.
Sex (n, %)	Female	11 (73.3%)	13 (86.7%)	11 (73.3%)	12 (80.0%)	0.782*	NS
Sex (n, %)	Male	4 (26.7%)	2 (13.3%)	4 (26.7%)	3 (20.0%)	0.782*	NS
Age (years)	Mean ± SD	35.13 ± 7.88	34.53 ± 4.96	37.67 ± 7.84	38.27 ± 7.93	0.416^•	NS
Age (years)	Range	25–50	25–41	25–49	25–50	0.416^•	NS
Height (cm)	Mean ± SD	161.77 ± 7.75	161.87 ± 6.45	160.20 ± 6.33	161.97 ± 6.54	0.877^•	NS
Height (cm)	Range	149– 176	150.5–173	148–174	153–179	0.877^•	NS
Weight (kg)	Mean ± SD	74.63 ± 8.08	85.37 ± 8.94	96.27 ± 8.33	121.47 ± 11.94	0.000^•	HS
Weight (kg)	Range	58–92	71–99.5	79–110	104–142	0.000^•	HS
BMI (kg/m²)	Mean ± SD	28.45 ± 1.16	32.48 ± 1.30	37.47 ± 1.59	46.32 ± 3.97	0.000^•	HS
BMI (kg/m²)	Range	26.12–29.97	30.84–34.82	35.26–39.96	41.51–54.49	0.000^•	HS
Serum TG (mg/dl)	Mean ± SD	88.53 ± 25.92	92.20 ± 28.65	86.26 ± 10.25	115.80 ± 31.94	0.009^•	HS
Serum TG (mg/dl)	Range	60–159	63–162	70–107	75–180	0.009^•	HS
Serum LDL-C (mg/dl)	Mean ± SD	95.81 ± 14.94	109.51 ± 33.87	103.78 ± 27.95	130.78 ± 45.87	0.032^•	S
Serum LDL-C (mg/dl)	Range	77.8–135.2	70–191	60–160.4	62–259	0.032^•	S
Serum HDL-C (mg/dl)	Mean ± SD	46.21 ± 7.07	47.21 ± 11.09	44.69 ± 7.60	45.91 ± 11.91	0.914^•	NS
Serum HDL-C (mg/dl)	Range	33.3–59	24.54–74	28.9–55	28.4–70	0.914^•	NS
Serum Cholesterol (mg/dl)	Mean ± SD	164.24 ± 21.55	191.33 ± 36.49	183.93 ± 30.80	233.13 ± 36.91	0.000^•	HS
Serum Cholesterol (mg/dl)	Range	130–210	140–278	149–255	175–323	0.000^•	HS

P value > 0.05, non-significant; P value < 0.05, significant; P value < 0.01, highly significant
BMI body mass index, TG triglycerides, LDL-C low-density lipoproteins-cholesterol, HDL-C high-density lipoproteins-cholesterol
*Chi-square test
^•One-way ANOVA test

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