Table 3.
Stress-induced dopamine release correlates with leptin, but not BMI
| rs12706832 |
Circulating leptin |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left NAC | Left putamen | Right ventral striatum | Left NAC | Left caudate | |
| Leptin | r = 0.40116 | r = 0.35568 | r = 0.44863 | r = 0.63578 | r = 0.48139 |
| p = 0.0039 | p = 0.0112 | p = 0.0011 | p < 0.0001 | p = 0.0005 | |
| BMI | r = 0.06688 | r = 0.00087 | r = −0.02378 | r = 0.1745 | r = 0.11603 |
| p = 0.6445 | p = 0.9952 | p = 0.8698 | p = 0.2355 | p = 0.4323 | |
Correlations between circulating leptin and BMI with dopamine release in peaks identified during the analysis of the leptin SNP rs12706832 and circulating leptin levels. Significant correlations are highlighted in bold text. NAC, Nucleus accumbens.