Serum Apelin and Obesity-Related Complications in Egyptian Children

Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences
Maged A El WakeelSalwa Refat El-Zayat

Abstract

The rapidly increasing prevalence of childhood obesity became a major burden on health worldwide, giving an alarm to clinicians and researchers. Adipocytes act as an active endocrine organ by releasing plenty of bioactive mediators (adipokines) that play a major role in regulating metabolic processes. Apelin is a recently identified adipokine that is expressed in adipocytes. The current work aimed to uncover the relation between serum apelin and childhood obesity and its related complications as hypertension and hyperglycemia. A group of 50 obese and 31 non-obese; sex- and age-matched children were enrolled in our study with a mean age of (9.5 ± 2.1) and (8.7 ± 1.3) respectively. Anthropometric measurements, blood pressure, were assessed in all studied participants, we also determined the lipid profile, serum insulin, fasting blood glucose (FBG) level, HOMA-IR and serum apelin. Obese children had higher levels of HbA1c, FBG, serum insulin, HOMA-IR, total cholesterol, triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP Z-score); compared to controls (all P < 0.05). Apelin was significantly higher in obese children versus controls and correlated positively with BMI Z-Score (P = 0.008), DBP Z-Score (P = ...Continue Reading

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Nov 12, 2020·International Journal of Molecular Sciences·Pamela SenesiIleana Terruzzi

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enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

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