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Table 1 WBC counts, serum s-ICAM-1, and leptin concentrations in each group

From: Smoking and adipose tissue inflammation suppress leptin expression in Japanese obese males: potential mechanism of resistance to weight loss among Japanese obese smokers

OB: BMI>25.0 kg/ml2

OB-NS: non-smoker (N = 88)

OB-S: smoker (N = 23)

p-value

age (years)

54.5 (8.8: 36-73)

51.9 (10.2: 38-81)

0.571

BMI (kg/m2)

27.3 (2.30)

26.6 (1.42)

0.964

WBC count (/μl)

5945 (1405.7)

7323 (1749.8)

0.001

s-ICAM-1 (ng/ml)

190.9 (62.8)

238.2 (60.5)

0.004

Leptin (ng/ml)

4.76 (3.47)

3.18 (1,79)

0.007

HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)

51.88 (10.37)

49 (15.72)

0.15

LDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)

126.33 (28.84)

117 (30.40)

0.09

triglycerides (mg/dl)

134.5 (59.39)

170.55 (59.39)

0.015

HbA1c (%)

5.33 (0.34)

5.39 (0.68)

0.27

insulin (μU/ml)

6.46 (3.99)

5.11 (2.32)

0.07

AST (mU/ml)

33.25 (43.45)

22.36 (7.88)

0.12

ALT (mU/ml)

37.78 (24.23)

27.5(10.68)

0.03

γ-GTP (mU/ml)

65.61 (45.65)

68.14 (76.51)

0.42

systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

128.63 (11.65)

121.18 (12.23)

0.005

diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

80.43 (8.74)

76.36 (8.90)

0.03

hsCRP (mg/dl)

0.14 (0.22)

0.11 (0.08)

0.24

NOB: BMI < 25.0 kg/m 2

NOB-NS: non-smoker (N = 179)

NOB-S: smoker (N = 70)

p -value

age (years)

56.3 (10.2: 33-79)

55.6 (7.8: 36-75)

0.141

BMI (kg/m2)

22.2 (1.79)

22.1 (1.1)

0.123

WBC count (/μl)

5560 (1339.2)

6690 (1662.8)

< 0.001

s-ICAM-1 (ng/ml)

172.6 (58.6)

219.5 (92.1)

< 0.001

Leptin (ng/ml)

2.37 (1.35)

2.32 (1.01)

0.744

HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)

61.94 (13.39)

58.04 (16.56)

0.03

LDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)

113.84 (29.43)

113.97 (31.35)

0.49

triglycerides (mg/dl)

105.60 (116.82)

116.14 (69.46)

0.24

HbA1c (%)

5.23 (0.36)

5.22 (0.31)

0.45

insulin (μU/ml)

3.4 (1.76)

3.72 (2.84)

0.14

AST (mU/ml

22.92 (7.04)

20.75 (5.55)

0.01

ALT (mU/ml)

22.76 (10.93)

19.78 (7.69)

0.02

g-GTP (mU/ml)

43.78 (37.6)

47.73 (35.83)

0.23

systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

119.69 (12.46)

117.81 (13.36)

0.15

diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

74.55 (8.32)

74.51 (8.54)

0.49

hsCRP (mg/dl)

0.09 (0.2)

0.11 (0.15)

0.26

  1. Means and (SD) are shown. Range for age is also shown within parenthesis.