Circulating Beta-Defensin 2 Levels Correlate with Conventional Inflammatory Markers in Infection-Free Individuals with Overweight and Obesity: An Exploratory Study.

Biomedicines · 2025 · PMC12383832 · PMID 40868054

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approaching significancep = 0.076so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

0.06–0.15 in controls/overweight) with a p -value approaching significance ( p = 0.076), suggesting a possible trend toward higher systemic inflammation in obesity.

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marginally non-significantp = 0.076so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Hs-CRP was found to be almost twice higher in the obesity group than in the control/overweight group; however, the difference was found to be marginally non-significant (0.36 vs. 0.20 mg/dL, p = 0.076).

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a possible trendno p-value reported

0.06–0.15 in controls/overweight) with a p -value approaching significance ( p = 0.076), suggesting a possible trend toward higher systemic inflammation in obesity.

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