The effects of gender and obesity on plasma leptin,NPY,TNF-? in type 2 diabetes mellitus / 中国糖尿病杂志

ABSTRACT

In type 2 diabetes mellitus,the levels of leptin were higher in female and obese subjects compared with male and non-obese subjects.There was negative relationship in female between leptin and HbA_1c,and negative relationship between leptin and HDL-C in male.Gender and obesity had no effect on TNF-? and NP Y.