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 4 Comparison of circulating levels of IL6 between both sexes of subjects with overweight and different grades of obesity

		IL6		P value	Sig
		Median (IQR)	Range	P value	Sig
Sex	Female	120 (5–220)	0–640	0.943^≠	NS
Sex	Male	50 (20–200)	0–300	0.943^≠	NS
Grades of obesity (No, %)	Overweight (15, 25.0%) Grade I obese (15, 25.0%) Grade II obese (15, 25.0%) Grade III obese (15, 25.0%	80 (5–280) 40 (0–140) 180 (30–220) 130 (0–200)	0–640 0–640 0–270 0–420	0.540*	NS

P value > 0.05, non-significant; P value < 0.05, significant; P value < 0.01, highly significant
^≠Mann-Whitney test
*Kruskal-Wallis test