Leptin Levels and Nutritional Status of Indigenous Tepehuán and Mestizo Subjects in Durango, Mexico
Table 2
Correlation of leptin concentration with BMI and biochemical parameters, according to nutritional status (BMI).
Variable
Normal weight ()
Obese/overweight ()
Tepehuán ()
P value
Mestizo ()
P value
Tepehuán ()
P value
Mestizo ()
P value
BMI
−0.5 (−1.0 to 2.7)
0.05
0.06 (−1.55 to 2–08)
0.40
−0.06 (−3.37 to 0–20)
0.20
0.02 (−1.21 to 0–81)
0.84
Cholesterol
0.62 (−0.09 to 0.04)
0.12
0.48 (−0.07 to 0.05)
0.40
0.40 (−0.10 to 0.06)
0.63
0.28 (−0.01 to 0.23)
0.88
Triglycerides
0.38 (−0.003 to 0.02)
0.67
0.38 (−0.03 to 0–05)
0.68
0.50 (−0.02 to 0.02)
0.37
0.70 (−0.02 to 0.11)
0.04
HDL
0.73 (−0.17 to 0.24)
0.02
0.30 (−0.37 to 0.15)
0.84
0.60 (−0.43 to 0.53)
0.16
0.56 (−0.20 to 0.33)
0.23
LDL
0.43 (−0.14 to 0.08)
0.54
0.40 (−0.12 to 0.07)
0.62
0.5 (−0.18 to 0.09)
0.36
0.70 (−0.07 to 0.27)
0.04
VLDL
0.36 (−0.14 to 0.08)
0.7
0.36 (−0.12 to 0.07)
0.7
0.39(−0.18 to 0.09)
0.66
0.36 (−0.07 to 0.27)
0.72
Data are shown as mean values with minimum and maximum values in parentheses. BMI: body mass index; NW: normal weight; OW/O: overweight/obese; HDL: high density lipoproteins; LDL: low density lipoproteins; VLDL: very low density lipoproteins.