Inflammatory markers in a 2-year soy intervention among premenopausal women

Journal of Inflammation

Table 3 Effects of a 2-year soy intervention on leptin levels by ethnicity and body mass index¹

Subgroup	Time (months)	Control			Intervention			P-values
		N	Mean	SD	N	Mean	SD	Group	Time	Interaction
Asian	0	38	12.6	8.5	36	17.1	12.5
	3	33	13.5	10.6	31	16.5	14.0
	6	36	15.0	11.0	33	15.0	8.0
	12	38	15.0	10.5	34	16.3	12.4
	24	35	14.7	9.9	33	16.6	14.3	0.06	0.10	0.01
Non-Asian	0	55	23.5	18.0	54	21.0	16.4
	3	51	24.2	19.5	51	21.6	15.7
	6	53	24.7	19.0	53	22.4	17.4
	12	51	25.7	19.6	52	21.4	15.3
	24	50	25.3	21.0	50	20.9	15.1	0.70	0.15	0.63
BMI <25 kg/m²	0	48	9.8	7.0	46	11.5	6.8
	3	44	10.3	7.8	42	11.5	8.0
	6	44	11.2	8.2	42	12.0	8.0
	12	44	10.5	6.4	41	11.0	6.3
	24	45	10.6	6.9	40	11.1	6.9	0.18	0.11	0.58
BMI 25–30 kg/m²	0	25	21.1	7.7	23	18.2	7.9
	3	21	22.1	11.3	21	20.4	10.0
	6	24	22.9	11.6	25	19.7	8.4
	12	26	22.9	10.4	27	20.7	10.9
	24	23	21.5	10.1	28	20.5	10.6	0.67	0.23	0.94
BMI >30 kg/m²	0	20	38.7	19.6	21	38.1	17.8
	3	19	40.1	20.7	19	36.7	17.8
	6	20	39.0	20.4	19	36.3	19.6
	12	19	43.4	19.3	18	36.6	16.3
	24	17	47.7	19.4	15	38.5	18.9	0.71	0.02	0.005

¹Obtained from mixed linear models; log-transformed values were used and back-transformed means are presented.

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