Figure 1

Blunted leptin response to increasing BMI and CRP levels in maltreated children compared with matched non-maltreated children. (a) Association between a continuous BMI measure and leptin levels in the two groups (interaction beta=−1.29, P=0.002). (b) Association between increasing tertiles of the sample-wide BMI distribution and leptin levels in the two groups (interaction P=0.012). (c) Association between a continuous CRP measure and leptin levels in the two groups (interaction beta=−0.50, P<0.001). (d) Association between increasing tertiles of the sample-wide CRP distribution and leptin levels in the two groups (interaction P<0.001). BMI, body mass index; CRP, C-reactive protein.