Serum Leptin as a Marker for Severity of Endometriosis

Table 3

Serum leptin level according to symptoms and surgical staging in group 1.

		Serum leptin level in endometriosis group
		No	Mean ± SD
Symptoms	Infertility	14	286.3 ± 60.5
	Pelvic pain	12	279.2 ± 61.2
	Others	4	333.3 ± 91.2
	value		0.353
Surgical stage	Stage 1	5	214.8 ± 15.5
	Stage 2	4	253.4 ± 17.8
	Stage 3	8	272.6 ± 31.5
	Stage 4	13	340.3 ± 61.2
	value		0.0001

Significant difference among more than two independent means using the ANOVA test at 0.05 level.