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

Table 1 Demographic characteristics in patients with HCV infection and controls (mean±SD).

	Patients	Controls	t	P
Number (male/female)	25/17	18/12	0.0021	0.968
Age (yr)	44.93±14.35	39.43±12.33	1.696	0.094
Height (m)	1.67±0.08	1.66±0.07	0.925	0.358
Weight (kg)	64.86±15.08	64.00±9.18	0.312	0.756
WC (cm)	81.88±9.59	81.45±12.97	0.137	0.892
HC (cm)	94.25±8.46	94.00±7.92	0.084	0.933
BMI (kg/m2)	22.94±4.59	23.14±3.09	0.225	0.822
WHR	0.87±0.74	0.87±0.11	0.220	0.827
Body fat (%)	26.21±7.63	24.96±7.25	0.714	0.478

WC: waist circumference, HC: hip circumference, BMI: body mass index, WHR: waist-to-hip circumference ratio, body fat (%): percent of body fat, ¹χ² test.