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

Table 2 Comparison of serum leptin levels between patients with HCV infection and controls (mean±SD).

	Patients2	Controls3	F	P
No. (male/female)	25/17	18/12	0.0021	0.968
Male	3.58±2.06	1.44±1.06	17.269	<0.001
Female	9.13±3.59	6.83±3.23	4.002	0.056
Total	5.83±3.89	3.59±3.44	5.610	0.021

¹χ² test,

²F = 9.341, P = 0.005, male vs female;

³F = 16.080, P<0.001, male vs female.