LEP and hematocrit: Serum leptin (19 500 (9600-29 600) vs 14 500 (11 500-22 700) pg/mL (median (interquartile range); P = .43; independent-samples Mann-Whitney U test), adiponectin (11 [9-17] vs 12 [9-16] μg/mL; P = .98), and IL-6 (2.8 [2.4-4.3] vs 2.7 [1.8-8.5] pg/mL; P = .96) were similar between the HT− and the HT+ group.