Table 7: Correlations Between Waist Circumference, Body Fat and Leptin Levels Observed Throughout the Study

Male Patients Female Patients
Group A Group A Group B
Correlation Coefficient p Correlation Coefficient p Correlation Coefficient p
Baseline Leptin - WC rho = 0.812 < 0.001 rho = 0.653 0.002 r = 0.61 < 0.001
Leptin - body fat rho = 0.664 < 0.001 rho = 0.72 0.001 r = 0.566 0.001
WC - body fat r = 0.721 < 0.001 r = 0.839 < 0.001 r = 0.533 0.003
Correlation Coefficient p Correlation Coefficient p Correlation Coefficient p
3 months Leptin - WC rho = 0.764 < 0.001 rho = 0.725 0.001 r = 0.606 < 0.001
Leptin - body fat rho = 0.668 < 0.001 rho = 0.772 < 0.001 r = 0.538 0.002
WC - body fat r = 0.725 < 0.001 r = 0.799 < 0.001 r = 0.512 0.004
Correlation Coefficient p Correlation Coefficient p Correlation Coefficient p
6 months Leptin - WC rho = 0.686 < 0.001 r = 0.747 < 0.001 r = 0.6 0.003
Leptin - body fat rho = 0.469 0.016 r = 0.641 0.003 r = 0.641 0.003
WC - body fat r = 0.632 0.01 r = 0.752 < 0.001 r = 0.587 0.001

WC: waist circumference.