Increased expression of the leptin receptor in human ovaries affected by endometrioma and detection of high levels of leptin in the ovarian endometriomal fluid

Table 2 Correlation among leptin and its receptors in ovarian tissue and peritoneal implants

	Correlation coefficient	P value
Ovarian tissue
Leptin OE and OBR OE	0.85	0.004
Leptin Control and OBR Control	0.41	0.22
Leptin OE and PF leptin	0.75	0.08
OBR OE and PF leptin	- 0.17	0.71
Leptin OE and EF leptin	0.88	0.008
OBR OE and EF leptin	0.89	0.005
Peritoneal implants
Leptin PI and OBR PI	0.87	0.001
Leptin PI and PF leptin	0.78	0.007
OBR PI and PF leptin	0.68	0.04

Pearson correlation analysis. OE ovarian endometrioma, OBR leptin receptor, PF peritoneal fluid, EF endometriomal fluid, PI peritoneal implants.

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