Serum Leptin Concentrations in Turkish Parkinson’s Disease Population

Table 2

Correlation between leptin level and body composition measurements in male and female PD patients. BMI (kg/m²): body mass index; BW (kg): body weight; WC (cm): waist circumference.

Leptin level (ng/mL)
		Female patients; (𝑛=12)	Male patients; (𝑛=28)	All subjects; (𝑛=40)
BMI	r	0.329	0.731	0.624
	P	0.297	𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟏^∗∗	𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟏^∗∗
BW	r	0.322	0.616	0.328
	P	0.308	𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟏^∗∗	𝟎.𝟎𝟑𝟗^∗∗
WC	r	0.266	0.557	0.471
	P	0.404	𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟐^∗∗	𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟐^∗∗

Spearman correlation analysis.
^∗∗𝑃<0.01.