CCL22 and morbid obesity: Similarly, patients with morbid obesity showed systemic CCL22 levels higher than controls (median 186.6 pg/mL, range 30.3–420.8 pg/mL in patients vs. median 136.8 pg/mL, range 68.2–200.3 pg/mL in controls, p<0.001) (Figure 1B).