Table 2 Crude and adjusted means (adjusted for age, height, %fat mass) and their standard errors of blood parameters in non-obese and obese study participants, stratified by sex

68 ± 3

59 ± 2

0.0274

54 ± 1

41 ± 1

 < 0.0001

72 ± 3

52 ± 5

0.0060

53 ± 1

42 ± 2

 < 0.0001

103 ± 9

103 ± 13

0.9992

129 ± 5

173 ± 7

 < 0.0001

76 ± 12

150 ± 18

0.0052

132 ± 8

170 ± 10

0.0190

185 ± 5

167 ± 4

0.0129

162 ± 2

140 ± 2

 < 0.0001

189 ± 6

160 ± 8

0.0212

160 ± 3

144 ± 4

0.0029

85 ± 1

86 ± 2

0.7718

94 ± 1

110 ± 3

 < 0.0001

82 ± 2

91 ± 2

0.0166

93 ± 3

110 ± 3

0.0015

8.8 ± 0.9

6.6 ± 0.7

0.0788

19.8 ± 1.3

28.7 ± 1.7

 < 0.0001

7.3 ± 1.0

9.4 ± 1.4

0.3200

16.1 ± 1.9

33.9 ± 2.5

 < 0.0001

1.9 ± 0.2

1.4 ± 0.2

0.1181

4.9 ± 0.4

8.3 ± 0.7

 < 0.0001

1.5 ± 0.2

2.2 ± 0.3

0.1900

3.8 ± 0.6

9.5 ± 0.8

 < 0.0001

25 ± 2

30 ± 2

0.1124

31 ± 1

50 ± 3

 < 0.0001

21 ± 2

37 ± 3

0.0017

31 ± 2

51 ± 3

 < 0.0001

26 ± 3

40 ± 12

0.1451

32 ± 2

54 ± 3

 < 0.0001

19 ± 8

51 ± 12

0.0644

32 ± 3

53 ± 3

0.0001

19.4 ± 1.9

3.3 ± 0.3

 < 0.0001

68.4 ± 4.2

32.8 ± 2.2

 < 0.0001

15.4 ± 1.8

11.2 ± 3.0

0.3200

52.0 ± 4.1

54.9 ± 5.6

0.7399

12.2 ± 0.8

10.4 ± 1.8

0.2739

10.1 ± 0.3

7.1 ± 0.3

 < 0.0001

15.2 ± 1.2

5.4 ± 1.8

0.0004

9.9 ± 0.4

7.3 ± 0.5

0.0009

1.7 ± 0.3

1.4 ± 0.4

0.5582

8.3 ± 0.7

5.5 ± 0.4

0.0016

1.4 ± 0.4

2.0 ± 0.6

0.4717

6.1 ± 0.7

8.7 ± 1.0

0.0777

9.5 ± 0.3

11.0 ± 0.4

0.0059

10.1 ± 0.2

12.0 ± 0.5

0.0002

9.1 ± 0.4

11.7 ± 0.7

0.0085

10.4 ± 0.5

11.6 ± 0.6

0.1961

32.7 ± 2.0

38.6 ± 2.6

0.0705

43.1 ± 1.8

49.7 ± 2.2

0.0221

29.5 ± 2.6

44.0 ± 3.9

0.0119

40.3 ± 2.5

54.7 ± 3.4

0.0054