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Table 2 Serum IGFs/IGFBPs levels in MS and controls

From: Investigation of insulin-like growth factors/insulin-like growth factor binding proteins regulation in metabolic syndrome patients

Parameters

MS

Controls

p value

IGF-1 (ng/ml)

20 ± 2.6

29 ± 4.3

> 0.05

IGF-2 (ng/ml)

3.9 ± 1.8

4.5 ± 3.3

<0.05

IGFBP-I (pg/ml)

398.5 ± 62.5

482.5 ± 73.5

<0.05

IGFBP-2 (pg/ml)

829.3 ± 95.3

846.8 ± 89.2

> 0.05

IGFBP-3 (pg/ml)

699.6 ± 56.3

714.9 ± 46.7

> 0.05

  1. Data presented as mean ± SD, p < 0.05 considered as significant level
  2. IGF-1 insulin-like growth factor-1, IGF-2 insulin-like growth factor-2, IGFBP-1 insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1, IGFBP-2 insulin-like growth factor binding protein-2, IGFBP-3: insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3, MS metabolic syndrome