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.