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Table 1 Basic characteristics of all the subjects

From: Serum retinol binding protein 4 is negatively related to estrogen in Chinese women with obesity: a cross-sectional study

 

Non-obese (n = 45)

Obese (n = 42)

P value

Age (year)

41.18 (16.07)

39.19 (15.08)

0.554

BMI (kg/m2)

22.69 (3.68)

34.79 (4.99)

<0.001

Waist (cm)

82.49 (10.55)

110.48 (14.53)

<0.001

Hip (cm)

94.09 (7.18)

116.65 (10.69)

<0.001

WHR (cm/cm)

0.88 (0.08)

0.95 (0.08)

<0.001

SBP (mmHg)

118.00 (16.67)

129.76 (16.7)

0.002

DBP (mmHg)

75.52 (8.55)

81.95 (11.92)

0.005

TC(mmol/L)

4.35 (0.94)

4.54 (0.83)

0.326

TG (mmol/L)

1.23 (0.70)

1.70 (0.90)

0.008

HDL-c (mmol/L)

1.27 (0.40)

1.02 (0.25)

0.001

LDL-c (mmol/L)

2.53 (0.81)

2.76 (0.70)

0.155

LH (mIU/mL)

8.00 (0.30–59.70)

5.70 (0.30–59.70)

0.018

FSH (mIU/mL)

5.60 (0.10–114.30)

5.30 (0.20–69.7)

0.046

PRL(mIU/mL)

380.60 (23.60–9544.00)

381.65 (10.40–2042.00)

0.562

E2 (pmol/L)

114.70 (22.20–617.60)

135.80 (37.20–859.90)

0.661

PROG (nmol/L)

1.40 (0.10–37.55)

1.40 (0.20–21.27)

0.733

TESTO (nmol/L)

0.99 (0.10–23.50)

1.78 (0.30–25.90)

0.510

DHEA (umol/L)

2.85 (0.40–16.70)

4.20 (1.20–18.50)

0.071

Fasting insulin (mU/L)

9.50 (5.00–57.20)

15.50 (3.60–60.50)

0.295

Serum RBP4 (μg/ml)

30.07 (7.83)

33.07 (7.06)

0.064

  1. Data are presented as means(S.D) or median (range)
  2. BMI body-mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, WHR waist-to-hip ratio, TC total cholesterol, TG triglycerides, HDL-c high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-c low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LH luteinizing hormone, FSH folliclestimulating hormone, PRL prolactin, E2 estradiol, PROG progesterone, TESTO testosterone, DHEA dehydroepiandrosterone, RBP4 retinol binding protein 4