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Table 1 Clinical and biochemical characteristics of young adolescents according to IL10 tertiles (n=325, boys=175 and girls=150)

From: Association between interleukin 1β and interleukin 10 concentrations: a cross-sectional study in young adolescents in Taiwan

Variables#

T1*

 

T2*

 

T3*

 

P-trend

BMI (kg/m2)

20.97

±4.3

20.65±

4.3

19.99

±3.2

0.0740

Body fat (%)

22.64

±8.7

21.95±

7.6

20.78

±6.78

0.0818

Waist circumference (cm)

71.21

±11.9

70.55±

10.8

69.16

±9.9

0.1788

Fasting glucose (mg/dL)

90.99

±8.67

91.81±

6.07

92.25

±7.79

0.2240

Fasting serum insulin (μIU/ml)

16.95

±14.2

16.87±

10.3

17.22

±15.8

0.8848

HOMA-IR

3.98

±4.0

3.88±

2.5

4.05

±4.2

0.8940

Sytolic BP (mmHg)

110.89

±11.0

112.33±

8.9

110.75

±8.5

0.9094

Diastolic BP (mmHg)

62.88

±8.2

63.80±

8.7

63.41

±7.7

0.6371

HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)

54.06

±12.3

56.31±

13.4

56.59

±12.67

0.1481

LDL- cholesterol (mg/dL)

89.44

±27.0

91.64±

21.2

90.73

±24.2

0.6998

Triglyceride ((mg/dL))

76.53

±35.6

70.85±

31.2

78.23

±49.6

0.7537

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

159.9

±30.2

159.63±

24.2

160.75

±30.1

0.8420

Serum iron (ug/dL)

87

±35.8

86.52±

33.1

95.32

±36.0

0.0833

Serum TIBC (ug/dL)

352.1

±44.6

348.56±

47.2

337.01

±37.2

0.0114

Serum ferritin (ng/ml)

57.87

±36.1

55.22±

37.0

55.92

±32.0

0.6844

Transferrin Saturation (%)

25.17

±10.7

25.14±

9.6

28.63

±11.1

0.0167

Hepcidin (ng/ml) §

422.46

±418.7

554.71±

446.7

698.92

±420.7

<0.0001

TNFα (pg/ml) §

24.56

±11.2

18.96±

7.3

18.81

±6.7

<0.0001

IFNγ (pg/ml)

6.72

±1.7

6.34±

2.3

6.24

±2.5

0.1148

NO (uM) §

9.31

±4.3

7.10±

4.2

6.69

±4.3

<0.0001

IL1β (pg/ml) §

1.26

±0.4

1.00±

0.4

0.86

±0.2

<0.0001

  1. *IL10 cut-off point: Tertile 1: <8.03 pg/ml, Tertile 2>=8.03 pg/ml <=10.6 pg/ml, Tertile 3>10.6 pg/ml.
  2. #Data are presented as means±standard error of mean (SEM) and percent for continuous and categorical variables respectively.
  3. §Bonferroni correction p<0.0023.