Table III.
Correlation between leptin and adiponectin with percentile BMI, fasting blood glucose level, cholesterol level, TG level, HDL-C level and LDL-C level
| Variable | Leptin | Adiponectin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients | Control | Patients | Control | |
| BMI percentile |
r = 0.086 p = 0.987 |
r = 0.786 p = 0.001 |
r = –0.035 p = 0.159 |
r = –0.532 p = 0.032 |
| Fasting blood glucose |
r = 0.564 p = 0.045 |
r = 0.783 p = 0.016 |
r = –0.690 p = 0.037 |
r = –0.574 p = 0.021 |
| Cholesterol |
r = 0.693 p = 0.043 |
r = 0.654 p = 0.014 |
r = –0.531 p = 0.001 |
r = –0.664 p = 0.041 |
| Triglyceride (TG) |
r = 0.784 p = 0.005 |
r = 0.654 p = 0.038 |
r = –0.765 p = 0.030 |
r = –0.951 p = 0.021 |
| HDL-C |
r = –0.583 p = 0.003 |
r = – 0.660 p = 0.050 |
r = 0.559 p = 0.002 |
r = 0.631 p = 0.044 |
| LDL-C |
r = 0.563 p = 0.021 |
r = 0.429 p < 0.001 |
r = –0.884 p = 0.008 |
r = –0.894 p = 0.021 |