LEP and malaria: At Visit 2, malaria-positive women had significantly higher levels of CRP, IL-18BP, sTNFRII, and sEng (p ≤ 0.005) and lower levels of PlGF and Leptin (p ≤ 0.005); and, at Visit 3, they had significantly higher levels of CRP, IL-18BP, sTNFRII, and sEng (p ≤ 0.005) and lower levels of PlGF (p ≤ 0.005; Table 3).