Table 3.

Pearson correlation coefficient for serum leptin level and adjusted leptin with malnutrition parameters in hemodialysis patients

Adjusted leptin	Serum leptin		Variables
	Male	Female	Male	Female
Age (years)	0.13	0.22	0.12	0.22
Duration of hemodialysis (months)	0.03	0.28	0.06	0.31
Height (m)	0.28	−0.10	0.26	−0.15
UBW (kg)	0.28	−0.25	0.24	−0.42*
BMI (kg/m2)	0.16	−0.23	0.09	−0.43*
TSF (mm)	−0.08	−0.09	−0.11	−0.27
BSF (mm)	0.08	0.08	0.04	−0.13
MAC (cm)	0.14	−0.06	0.08	−0.27
MAMC (cm)	0.23	−0.004	0.16	−0.19
Serum albumin (g/l)	0.15	−0.09	0.13	−0.11
Total protein (g/l)	−0.06	0.30	−0.07	0.35
Serum iron (µg/dl)	0.33	−0.25	0.35*	−0.11
Ferritin (ng/ml)	0.38*	−0.10	0.41*	−0.03
TIBC (µg/dl)	−0.21	0.16	−0.21	0.03
Transferrin (mg/dl)	−0.06	−0.07†	−0.04	−0.13†
T sat. ratio (%)	0.33	−0.22	0.35*	−0.08
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	−0.22	0.01	−0.22	−0.03
LDL (mg/dl)	−0.17	−0.04	−0.17	−0.07
HDL (mg/dl)	−0.09	0.13	−0.09	0.13
Triglyceride (mg/dl)	−0.11	−0.04	−0.12	−0.21
Urea (mg/dl)	−0.19	0.37*,†	−0.19	0.12†
Creatinine (mg/dl)	−0.15	0.35*,†	−0.16	0.22†
Hemoglobin (g/dl)	−0.04	−0.31	−0.04	−0.31
ESR (mm/h)	0.12	0.11	0.13	0.14
CRP (mg/l)	−0.03	−0.05†	−0.02	−0.10†
Phosphate (mg/dl)	−0.28	−0.02†	−0.26	−0.12†
Calcium (mg/dl)	0.25	0.12	0.26	−0.001
PTH (Pg/ml)	−0.23	−0.18†	−0.20	−0.18†
KT/V	−0.07	0.28	−0.05	0.16

^*P < 0.05

^†Spearman's rho test

UBW: Usual body weight, BMI: Body mass index, TSF: Triceps skin fold, BSF: Biceps skin fold, MAC: Mid arm circumference, MAMC: Mid arm muscle circumference, LDL: Low-density lipoprotein, CRP: C-reactive protein, PTH: Parathyroid hormone, ESR: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, TIBC: Total iron binding capacity, HDL: High-density lipoprotein