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Table 3 Correlation between leptin levels and clinical and metabolic profile of patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (POCS) and healthy controls

From: A study of ghrelin and leptin levels and their relationship to metabolic profiles in obese and lean Saudi women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)

Correlation of leptin levels and

PCOS (n = 130)

Control (n = 122)

r

p

r

p

Age

0.092

0.2979

0.045

0.6226

Body mass index (BMI)

0.289

0.0009**

0.187

0.0392*

Weight/height ratio

0.213

0.0150*

0.096

0.2929

Cholesterol

0.204

0.0199*

0.043

0.6382

Triglyceride

0.175

0.0464*

0.024

0.7930

HDL-C

−0.202

0.0212*

0.037

0.6858

LDL-C

0.235

0.0071*

0.049

0.5920

Glucose

0.135

0.1257

0.121

0.1843

Insulin

0.382

0.0001**

0.254

0.0048*

Ghrelin

− 0.251

0.0040*

− 0.248

0.0059*

HOMA-IR (insulin resistance)

0.316

0.0001**

0.611

< 0.0001**

HOMA-S

0.175

0.046*

0.326

< 0.0001**

  1. HOMA Homeostatic model assessment
  2. *Significant (p < 0.05)
  3. **Highly significant (p < 0.001)
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Lipids in Health and Disease

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