Research Article

Association of Leptin Gene Polymorphisms with Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Chinese Population

Table 5

Characteristics of subjects included in plasma leptin level analysis.

CharacteristicsRA patients ()Healthy controls () value

Age (years) 0.305
Sex (female/male)90/1380/150.523
Anti-CCP positive no. (%)28 (84.8)
RF positive no. (%)49 (84.5)
Leptin levels (ng/ml) 0.17