Changes of Leptin in Chronically Sick Children
Authors:
M. Salzerová 1; Ľ. Podracká 1; T. Baltesová 1; A. Feketeová 1; H. Hrbková 2; M. Jarčušková 1; M. Hricová 1
Authors‘ workplace:
Klinika detí a dorastu LF UPJŠ a FNsP, Košice, 1 prednostka prof. MUDr. Ľ. Podracká, CSc. Združená tkanivová banka LF UPJŠ a FNsP, Košice, 2 prednosta MVDR. J. Rosocha, CSc.
Published in:
Čes-slov Pediat 2002; (11): 619-623.
Category:
Overview
Leptin is a protein hormone formed mainly in adipocytes and excreted by the kidneys. Hypoleptinaemia isassociated with a reduction of body fat percentage and is found in malnutrition and endurance sports. Hyperleptinaemiais found in patients with chronic renal insufficiency and in obese subjects. The authors examined ina group of 80 children (patients with chronic renal insufficiency, malnutrition, obesity and in a control group ofhealthy children) serum leptin concentrations and compared them with nutritional and anthropometric parameters(BMI, SD, BMI, albumin, prealbumin, transferrin). Significantly higher leptin values were recorded in obesechildren (p < 0.001) and in children with chronic renal insufficiency (CHRI) as compared with healthy children (p< 0.01). In healthy girls the leptin level was higher than in healthy boys (p < 0.01). Patients with CHRI had higherleptin levels than children after transplantation of the kidneys (p < 0.05). In the group of children with CHRI leptincorrelated with creatinaemia (r = 0.479, p < 0.01) and with anthropometric indicators SD BMI (r = 0.693, p
Key words:
leptin, chronic renal insufficiency, obesity, childhood
Labels
Neonatology Paediatrics General practitioner for children and adolescentsArticle was published in
Czech-Slovak Pediatrics
2002 Issue 11
Most read in this issue
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Diparetic Cerebral Palsy(Comparison of CT and MRI Images in Pre-term and In-term Born Children)
- Hypotonic Dehydration as the First Symptom of Cystic Fibrosis
- Treatment of Coeliac Disease, Discrepancy between Subjective Data and Results of AntibodyExamination
- Hurler’s and PseudoHurler’s Syndrome in a Consanguine Family