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. 2022 Nov 30;20(4):662–674. doi: 10.9758/cpn.2022.20.4.662

Table 2.

Baseline serum leptin levels and number of physical disorders by 12-week and 12-month remission status

Exposure variable Up to 12-week treatment (n = 1,086) Up to 12-month treatment (n = 884)


Non-remission (n = 596) Remission (n = 490) Statistical coefficientsa pvalue Non-remission (n = 259) Remission (n = 625) Statistical coefficientsa pvalue
Leptin (ng/ml)
Median (IQR) 6.1 (6.6) 5.3 (5.7) U = 124,592.0 < 0.001 6.0 (6.0) 5.6 (6.1) U = 77,199.0 0.317
Low:High, n (%) 265 (44.5):331 (55.5) 277 (56.5):213 (43.5) χ2 = 15.664 0.001 131 (50.6):128 (49.4) 315 (50.4):310 (49.6) χ2 = 0.002 0.961
Number of physical disorders
Median (IQR) 1.0 (1.0) 2.0 (1.0) U = 138,405.5 0.128 1.0 (1.0) 2.0 (1.0) U = 79,760.0 0.726
< 2: ≥ 2, n (%) 317 (53.2):279 (46.8) 233 (47.6):257 (52.4) χ2 = 3.418 0.064 133 (51.4):126 (48.6) 316 (50.6) χ2 = 0.268 0.605

IQR, interquartile range.

aMann−Whitney Utest or χ2 test, as appropriate.