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. 2017 Feb 1;8(12):19699–19711. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.14963

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Failure of this confidence interval to include zero indicates no statistical difference between the weight-losing group and sustained weight group. Negative SMD value suggests the mean of serum leptin concentration of weight-losing group is lower than that of sustained weight group, while positive SMD value suggest the mean of weight-losing group was higher than sustained weight group.