Table 2.
Ascitic leptin, TNFα and serum leptin levels in study population (mean ± SD)
| Control subjects | Cirrhotic patients | Malignant ascites | Tuberculous peritonitis | |
| Leptin (ascites) (μg/L) | - | 7.19 ± 3.43 | 2.45 ± 1.25 | 5.59 ± 1.08 |
| Leptin (serum) (μg/L) | 2.93 ± 0.32 | 3.77 ± 2.04 | 1.30 ± 0.63 | 3.72 ± 0.64 |
| TNFα (ascites) (ng/L) | - | 30.36 ± 6.37 | 29.65 ± 7.08 | 65.5 ± 18.4 |
| Total proteins (ascites) (g/L) | - | 15.4 ± 6.3 | 26.1 ± 11.5 | 28.2 ± 21.9 |
| Albumin (ascites) (g/L) | - | 7.1 ± 4.0 | 14.3 ± 7.2 | 13 ± 11.6 |
| LDH (ascites) (U/L) | - | 142.97 ± 93.99 | 546.5 ± 473.8 | 351.40 ± 378.82 |
| Glucose (ascites) (mg/L) | - | 1253.6 ± 348.1 | 1057.2 ± 443.8 | 1176 ± 482.3 |
| Total leukocyte (ascites) ( × 106/L) | - | 0.43 ± 0.46 | 976 ± 608.4 | 1.16 ± 1.17 |
| Neutrophils (ascites) ( × 106/L) | - | 0.22 ± 0.31 | 668.19 ± 416.3 | 0.44 ± 0.63 |
| Lymphocytes (ascites) ( × 106/L) | - | 0.12 ± 0.01 | 223.34 ± 102.3 | 0.75 ± 0.32 |