The Important Role of Phosphatidylserine, ADAM17, TNF-Alpha, and Soluble MER on Efferocytosis Activity in Central Obesity

Table 3

Comparison of PS, ADAM17, TNF-α, and sMER in obese vs. control groups.

Variables	Group		value
	Control (n = 29)	Obese (n = 56)
PS (ng/mL)	153.2 ± 15.6	190.5 ± 14.9	0.463
ADAM17 (pg/mL)	143.2 ± 59.8	1133.0 ± 238.5	<0.001
TNF-α (pg/mL)	1.2 ± 0.1	1.3 ± 0.7	0.584
sMER (pg/mL)	546.2 ± 163.0	595.1 ± 85.2	0.283

All results are expressed as mean ± SEM. PS, phosphatidylserine; ADAM17, a disintegrin and metalloprotease domain 17; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor alpha; sMER, soluble MER. Significant in the 95% confidence interval using the Mann–Whitney test.