PMID: 20642104Jul 21, 2010Paper

Evaluation of serum visfatin concentrations in children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Polski merkuriusz lekarski : organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Lekarskiego
Anna Romanowska, Dariusz Marek Lebensztejn

Abstract

Recently the adipokin role in the pathogenesis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has been suggested. The role of leptin and adiponectin is rather well known, however, there are only a few data concerning visfatin. To evaluate the serum level of visfatin in obese children with NAFLD. Fasting serum level of visfatin was determined (ELISA) in 42 consecutive obese children (BMI >97 percentyla, aged 7-17 years, mean age 12 years) with suspected liver disease (hepatomegaly and/or elevation of transaminases and/or liver steatosis in ultrasound). Viral hepatitis, metabolic liver diseases and autoimmune hepatitis were excluded in all children. A fatty liver was confirmed in 30 children by ultrasonography; 16 of them also had increased ALT activity (NAFLD). Serum visfatin concentration in the examined group was significantly higher than in controls (n=20; p = 0.000085). Similarly, higher concentration of this adipokin was found in children with NAFLD than in controls (p = 0.0006). We also found a positive correlation between visfatin and IL-6 in children with NAFLD (r = 0.495; p = 0.05). There were no correlations between visfatin and anthropometric parameters, transaminases, lipids and HOMA-IR. The highest serum visfatin conc...Continue Reading

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