Table 7 Association between OLP type and salivary leptin (ng/ml) and serum leptin (ng/ml).

From: Salivary and serum leptin levels in oral lichen planus patients. A case-control study

Measurement

 

P value

Reticular

Bullous-Erosive

Atrophic

Control

Salivary Leptin (ng/ml)

14.76 ± 7.55A

15.45 ± 6.45A

16.80 ± 4.17A

4.90 ± 1.26B

<0.001*

Serum Leptin (ng/ml)

13.83 ± 7.46A

12.70 ± 7.58A

16.27 ± 0.39A

4.20 ± 1.23B

<0.001*

  1. Values with different superscript letters within the same horizontal row are significantly different *Significant (p < 0.05).
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