Figure 4From: Association between prehypertension, metabolic and inflammatory markers, decreased adiponectin and enhanced insulinemia in obese subjectsGraphic representation depicts the circulating plasma concentrations of IL-6 (Panel A), TNF-α (Panel B), and C-reactive protein (Panel C) and Adiponectin (Panel D), measured in basal period to control lean (LS, n = 12) subjects compared to normoinsulinemic (NI, n = 15) and hyperinsulinemic (HI, n = 12) volunteer subgroups. Results are expressed as mean ± SD. The level of significance was set at * P ≤ 0.05 or ** P ≤ 0.01 (non-parametric analysis by Kruskal-Wallis test).Back to article page