Metabolic Syndrome and Selective Inflammatory Markers in Psoriatic Patients

Table 2

Inflammatory markers in the patients (PP) and the controls (CG).

Variable	PP ()	CG ()	value
CRP (mg/l)	6.1 (9.2–2.6)	2.2 (3.8–1.4)	<0.001
Adiponectin (mg/l)	9.3 (16.1–4.8)	10.8 (19.1–6.9)	NS
Leptin (ug/l)	20.7 (34.7–8.3)	10.4 (18.1–4.9)	<0.01
Resistin (ng/ml)	11.7 (16.8–8.4)	9.6 (11.8–7.9)	<0.01
Lp-PLA2 (ng/ml)	999.7 (1244.5–732.5)	631.0 (790.5–424.0)	<0.001

Notes: all data are presented as medians and upper and lower quartiles in brackets; CRP: C-reactive protein, Lp-PLA2: lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2.