Insulin resistance, leptin and adiponectin in lean and hypothyroid children and adolescents with obesity

BMC Pediatrics

Table 3 Correlation of leptin and adiponectin with clinical and laboratory data of lean and hypothyroid children with obesity

Parameters	Lean hypothyroid group				hypothyroid children with obesity group
	Leptin		Adiponectin		Leptin		Adiponectin
	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
Age	0.18	0.37	− 0.3	0.1	0.02	0.92	0. 13	0.42
Weight	0. 13	0.49	− 0.19	0.31	0.25	0. 16	0.27	0.15
BMI	0.11	0.56	− 0.2	0.29	0.51	0.004^a	− 0.44	0.015^a
TSH	0.51	0.004^a	0.02	0.92	0.17	0.34	−0.347	0.06
fT3	-0. 22	0.24	−0.06	0.75	−0.32	0.08	0.29	0. 12
fT4	− 0.42	0.02^a	-0. 13	0.48	−0.17	0.37	0.23	0. 22

BMI: body mass index, TSH: Thyroid stimulating hormone fT3: free triiodothyronine, fT4: free thyroxine, FBG: fasting blood glucose
^a means significant p-value< 0.05

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