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; (𝑛=62)				Obese/overweight; (𝑛=66)
	Tepehuán; (𝑛=32)	P value	Mestizo; (𝑛=30)	P value	Tepehuán; (𝑛=28)	P value	Mestizo; (𝑛=38)	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.