Is leptin related to systemic inflammatory response in acute pancreatitis?

Table 1 Body mass index (BMI) and leptin levels in acute pancreatitis (AP) according to severity status and gender

	n	BMI	BMI≥25	BMI≥30	Leptin (ng/mL)
		mean ± SD	n (%)	n (%)	Median (range)
All patients	52	27 ± 5	32 (63)	13 (25)	8.6 (0.5-215)
Severe AP	14	27 ± 5	7 (54)	2 (15)	10.3 (0.5-61)
Mild AP	38	27 ± 5	25 (66)	11 (29)	7.7 (0.5-215)
Women	29	27 ± 5	18 (64)	9 (32)	11 (0.5-215)a
Men	23	27 ± 4	14 (61)	4 (17)	3.7 (0.5-32)
Women & severe AP	7	24 ± 3b	2 (33)	0	10.4 (1.39 - 61)
Women & mild AP	22	28 ± 6	16 (73)	9 (41)	11.7 (0.5-215)
Men & severe AP	7	29 ± 6c	5 (71)	2 (29)	7 (0.5-32)d
Men & mild AP	16	26 ± 3	9 (65)	2 (13)	3.4 (0.5-19)

^aP = 0.008,

^bP = 0.04,

^cP = 0.05,

^dP = 0.1 (Mann-Whitney U-test).