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Table 3 Comparison of serum leptin between different grades of pneumonia severity

From: Serum Leptin in Hospitalized Community-Acquired Pneumonia Children under the Age of Five Years

	Both study groups (n = 82)		P value
	Moderate pneumonia (n = 53)	Severe pneumonia (n = 29)	P value
Serum leptin (pg/ml)	0.0 (0.0–167.0)^a	205.0 (0.0–562.0)^a	0.016*^b
	PICU (n = 41)
	Moderate pneumonia (n = 15)	Severe pneumonia (n = 26)
Serum leptin (pg/ml)	283.4 (59.2–677.6)^a	233.1 (0.0–677.6)^a	0.547^b
	Ward (n = 41)
	Moderate pneumonia (n = 38)	Severe pneumonia (n = 3)
Serum leptin (pg/ml)	0.0 (0.0–0.0)^a	0.0 (0.0–205.0)^a	0.652^b

^aMedian (IQR)
^bMann-Whitney test
*Significant at p < 0.05

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