Leptin Levels and Nutritional Status of Indigenous Tepehuán and Mestizo Subjects in Durango, Mexico

Table 1

Comparative analysis of biochemical parameters of Tepehuán and Mestizo subjects from Durango, Mexico, according to their nutritional status (BMI).

Variable	Normal value	Normal weight (𝑛=62)			Overweight/obese (𝑛=66)
		Tepehuán (𝑛=32)	Mestizo (𝑛=30)	P	Tepehuán (𝑛=28)	Mestizo (𝑛=38)	P
Leptin (ng/mL)	3–18	1.9 (0.23 to 17.6)	7.66 (1.04 to 41.6)	<0.001^ab	3.6 (0.18 to 37.1)	20.1 (1.4 to 61.65)	<0.001^ab
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	10–150	103 (44 to 243)	185 (60 to 279)	<0.05^ab	190 (62 to 525)	103 (42 to 464)	<0.05^a
VLDL (mg/dL)	2–30	20.5 (9 to 49)	37 (11 to 56)	>0.05^a	38.5 (12 to 97)	19.5 (8 to 93)	<0.001^ab

Data are shown as mean values with minimum and maximum values in parentheses.
BMI: body mass index; NW: normal weight; OW/O: overweight/obese; VLDL: very low density lipoproteins.
^aTepehuao versus Mestizo using Kruskal-Wallis (nonparametric ANOVA) comparison test and Mann-Whitney posthoc test.
^bTepehan versus Mestizo using Tukey-Kramer comparison test.