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

Table 4 Comparisons of serum leptin levels between HCV-infected patients at different clinical stages and controls (mean±SD).

	Chronic hepatitis C	HCV-associated cirrhosis	HCV-associated HCC	Controls
No. (M/F)	17/13	6/4	2/0	18/12
Male	3.75±2.11	2.90±2.33	4.17±0.28	1.44±1.06
Female	9.25±3.61	8.77±4.07		6.83±3.23
Total	6.13±3.941	5.25±4.212	4.17±0.283	3.59±3.44

¹P = 0.003,

²P = 0.752 and

³P = 0.822 compared with controls, respectively. F = 12.454, P = 0.002, F = 0.054, P = 0.823 and F = 6.365, P = 0.018 when comparisons were performed between male and female patients with chronic hepatitis C, HCV-associated cirrhosis and controls.