Serum levels of leptin and adiponectin in patients with autoimmune Hashimoto's thyroiditis.

Desislav G Tomov Boryana A LevterovaDimitar M TroevMaria Z MitevaValentina N MihaylovaYordanka I UzunovaVidka V DivarovaMaria M Orbetzova

Published in: Folia medica (2023)

Serum levels of leptin in HT patients were higher than those in the control group (4.5±5.2 ng/mL vs. 1.9±1.3 ng/mL). The hypothyroid patient's group showed significantly higher levels of leptin than those of the healthy controls (5.1±5.2 ng/mL vs. 1.9±1.3 ng/mL), (p=0.031). Leptin levels correlated positively with body mass index (r=0.533, p.

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