Obesity, Inflammation and Acute Myocardial Infarction - Expression of leptin, IL-6 and high sensitivity-CRP in Chennai based population

Table 1 Values of BMI, serum leptin, hs-CRP and IL-6 IN AMI and control subjects

Class		N	BMI (kg/m²)	Leptin (ng/ml)	hs-CRP (mg/L)	IL-6 (pg/ml)
Normal weight	Control	21	21.5629±1.32228	15.29±8.616	1.710±0.3434	8.195±2.0532
	AMI	51	20.0673±1.13373	26.70±10.426	5.898±1.7168	22.586±5.450
	P Value		*P<0.030	^**P<0.007	^**P<0.001	^**P<0.001
Over weight	Control	45	24.7096±1.24606	18.85±12.219	2.167±1.3227	11.480±2.7512
	AMI	29	26.0700±1.38817	32.61±14.056	6.721±2.1981	28.128±7.9865
	P Value		*P<0.033	^**P<0.001	^**P<0.001	^**P<0.001
Obese	Control	36	31.6586±3.47939	27.06±12.430	2.450±0.5130	14.408±2.3705
	AMI	13	29.4408±1.4798	42.49±20.277	8.862±1.6322	37.977±6.4761
	P Value	2	**P<0.005	**P<0.002	**P<0.001	**P<0.001

The values are mean±standard deviation. *P= 0.05, **P= 0.01, is given with the statistical significance between AMI and Control subjects.

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