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Table 3 Laboratory data in IIH patients in relation to BMI

From: Sex hormones, CSF and serum leptin in patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension

 

IIH patients with BMI < 30 kg/m2

(n = 16)

IIH patients with BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2

(n = 22)

P value

Serum leptin (ng/ml)

(mean ± SD)

43.22 ± 14.2

93.19 ± 24.6

 < 0.001*

CSF leptin (ng/ml)

(mean ± SD)

2.63 ± 1.19

4.65 ± 2.59

 < 0.001*

Serum estradiol (Pg/ml)

(mean ± SD)

138.08 ± 43.19

254.17 ± 107.61

0.009*

Serum testosterone (nmol/l)

(mean ± SD)

1.26 ± 0.41

2.3 ± 0.62

 < 0.001*

Serum DHEAS (µmol/l)

(mean ± SD)

4.99 ± 1.4

5.43 ± 2.28

 < 0.001*

  1. CSF: cerebrospinal fluid, DHEAS: dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, IIH idiopathic intracranial hypertension, *: significant
  2. P value ≤ 0.05 was considered significant
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