Table 4. Partial Pearson correlations (controlled for BMI) between log10 leptin and psychological processes during inpatient treatment.
| Partial Pearson correlations (controlled for BMI) of log10 leptin with the following factors | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sample | treatment phase | number of patients | depression | anxiety | stress | pro-anorectic beliefs | eating concernpreoccupation with food | fear of losing control | ||||||
| r | p-value | R | p-value | R | p-value | R | p-value | R | p-value | R | p-value | |||
| HSS | I: BMI < 16 | 11 | 0.25 | 0.0119 | 0.35 | 0.0004 | 0.31 | 0.0015 | 0.04 | 0.7040 | 0.32 | 0.0014 | 0.18 | 0.0675 |
| II: BMI ≥ 16 | 9 | -0.01 | 0.9388 | 0.01 | 0.9245 | -0.03 | 0.8349 | -0.02 | 0.8678 | 0.19 | 0.1360 | -0.14 | 0.7352 | |
| LSS | II: BMI ≥ 16 | 9 | -0.24 | 0.0555 | -0.22 | 0.0806 | -0.22 | 0.0830 | -0.09 | 0.4748 | -0.15 | 0.2513 | -0.04 | 0.7352 |
HSS = patient group with high symptom severity; LSS = patient group with less severe symptoms; r = Pearson’s correlation coefficient
Significant slopes are printed in bold, trend-level significant slopes in italic.