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Table 4 Correlation of leptin and βHB with the clinico-laboratory parameters in the pre-fasting state

From: Effect of intermittent fasting on lipid biokinetics in obese and overweight patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: prospective observational study

Characteristic

Pre-fasting

Leptin

 

BHB

 

rs

p-value

rs

p-value

Serum Leptin (ng/ml)

–

–

− 0.19

0.291

B hydroxybutyrate (mmol/L)

− 0.199

0.291

–

–

Age

− 0.080

0.675

− 0.04

0.799

Diabetes duration (years)

− 0.314

0.092

0.139

0.464

Fasting duration (days)

0.142

0.453

− 0.27

0.136

Body weight (kg)

0.376

0.041

− 0.23

0.211

BMI (kg/m2)

0.569

0.001

− 0.25

0.181

Waist circumference (cm)

0.391

0.033

− 0.26

0.160

Hip circumference (cm)

0.431

0.017

− 0.22

0.230

Waist/hip ratio

− 0.060

0.753

− 0.16

0.368

FPG (mg/dl)

− 0.035

0.856

− 0.25

0.168

S. creatinine (mg/dl)

0.129

0.498

0.023

0.904

Hemoglobin A1c

− 0.006

0.974

0.011

0.953

AST (IU/L)

− 0.444

0.014

0.011

0.955

ALT (IU/L)

− 0.183

0.333

− 0.03

0.871

AST/ALT ratio

− 0.343

0.063

0.003

0.989

S. cholesterol (mg/dl)

0.106

0.577

0.177

0.349

Triglycerides (mg/dl)

0.241

0.200

0.538

0.002

LDL − C (mg/dl)

− 0.003

0.986

0.309

0.097

HDL − C (mg/dl)

0.124

0.514

− 0.24

0.191

High sensitive CRP (mg/L)

0.032

0.866

0.229

0.224

  1. Bold values mentioned in these tables means that p value were ≤ 0.050 (statistically significant results of the corresponding used tests)
  2. rs Spearman’s correlation coefficient. BMI Body mass index. FPG fasting plasma glucose. AST aspartate aminotransferase. ALT alanine transaminase. LDL-C low density lipoprotein-cholesterol. HDL-C high density lipoprotein-cholesterol. CRP C-reactive protein
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Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome

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