Correlation of serum leptin levels with anthropometric and metabolic parameters and biochemical liver function in Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection

Table 3 Demographic, anthropometric, biochemical, and virological characteristics in chronic HCV-infected patients at different clinical stages (mean±SD).

	Chronic hepatitis C	HCV-associated cirrhosis	HCV-associated HCC
No. (male/female)	17/13	6/4	2/0
Age (yr)	41.03±14.10	53.70±9.93	59.5±12.02
Height (m)	1.68±0.09	1.66±0.05	1.69±0.04
BMI (kg/m2)	23.01±3.39	22.71±7.59	22.97±4.53
WHR	0.86±0.07	0.87±0.08	0.95±0.02
Body fat (%)	25.79±6.52	27.72±11.23	25.05±2.67
LDL (mmol/L)	2.05±1.01	1.41±0.82	2.24±0.19
CHO (mmol/L)	4.09±2.05	3.22±1.08	5.55±1.06
TG (mmol/L)	1.51±1.03	0.81±0.45	1.52±0.47
HDL (mmol/L)	1.13±0.43	1.07±0.40	1.34±0.74
Apo AI (mg/L)	1.36±0.40	1.17±0.44	1.45±0.72
Apo B (mg/L)	0.55±0.27	0.39±0.19	0.71±0.13
ALT (U/L)	93.19±83.08	45.4±35.86	20.5±0.71
AST (U/L)	67.96±50.65	77.70±62.11	48.50±20.51
GGT (U/L)	50.27±41.22	49.80±53.79	92.00±18.38
HCV RNA (copies/mL)	(6.4±12)×104	(6.2±8.9)×104	<80

BMI: body mass index, WHR: waist-to-hip circumference ratio, body fat (%): percent of body fat, LDL: low density lipoprotein, CHO: cholesterol, TG: triglycerides, HDL: high density lipoprotein, Apo AI: apolipoprotein AI, Apo B: apolipoprotein B, ALT: alanine aminotransferase, AST: aspartate aminotransferase, GGT: gamma-glutamyltransferase, HCV RNA: hepatitis C virus ribonucleic acid.