Table 1.

Expression of leptin and leptin receptor in 84 gastric cancer patients.

Characteristics	Leptin expression	P value	LepRb expression	P value
Age (Y)
<65	11.15 ± 2.38	>0.05	11.13 ± 2.63	>0.05
≥65	12.27 ± 1.68		10.33 ± 2.22
Gender
M	11.56 ± 1.65	>0.05	11.19 ± 2.76	>0.05
F	12.03 ± 2.04		12.21 ± 3.21
Lymph node metastasis
Negative	11.62 ± 2.92	>0.05	11.20 ± 2.67	>0.05
Positive	11.84 ± 2.75		11.39 ± 2.16
Tumor stage
I-II	9.02 ± 1.65	<0.05	8.37 ± 1.39	<0.05
III-IV	12.93 ± 2.43		12.80 ± 2.17
Depression
Positive	17.20 ± 2.71	<0.05	13.00 ± 2.45	<0.05
Negative	12.40 ± 2.41		8.45 ± 2.37