Table 3.
Serum leptin concentrations (ng/ml) in each gender by different subgroups
| Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Median (25th,75th) | P value | N | Median (25th,75th) | P value | |
| Overall | 469 | 5.20 (2.62, 8.65) | 773 | 17.90 (11.87, 26.88) | ||
| Age, y | 0.001 | 0.021 | ||||
| < 45 | 229 | 5.94 (3.05, 10.06) | 428 | 19.20 (12.36, 28.29) | ||
| 45- < 65 | 205 | 4.54 (2.51, 7.11) | 309 | 17.08 (11.56, 25.37) | ||
| ≥ 65 | 35 | 5.17 (1.27, 8.72) | 36 | 13.92 (8.47, 24.06) | ||
| WC, cm* | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
| < 90/85 | 303 | 3.62 (1.85, 5.79) | 567 | 15.64 (10.07, 22.87) | ||
| ≥ 90/85 | 166 | 8.60 (6.38, 12.52) | 206 | 27.11 (19.25,37.81) | ||
| HOMA-IR | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
| < 1.00 | 79 | 1.91 (0.72, 3.24) | 125 | 9.73 (6.94, 14.72) | ||
| ≥ 1.00 | 390 | 5.94 (3.62, 9.61) | 648 | 20.17 (13.88, 28.62) | ||
| UA, mmol/L | < 0.001 | 0.004 | ||||
| < 420 | 430 | 4.71 (2.49, 8.25) | 768 | 17.84 (11.84, 26.75) | ||
| ≥ 420 | 39 | 8.33 (5.45, 13.75) | 5 | 45.98 (25.81, 71.68) | ||
P value showed the comparison between different subgroups in each gender, respectively
*The cut-off point of WC is 90 cm for men, and 85 cm for women