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 |