Plasma lipid profile and leptin concentration in super-obese children
Keywords:
children, obesity, leptin, lipid profile
Abstract
Background Leptin induced weight loss is completely specificfor adipose tissue loss, whereas food restriction result in both loss
of adipose tissue and lean body mass in mammals. Most obese
person has high endogenous leptin levels, indicating leptin
resistance. There has been lack of data regarding plasma leptin
level in Indonesian obese children.
Objective This study was aimed to investigate the plasma leptin
level and lipid profile in super-obese children.
Methods This was a cross sectional study performed in Pediatric
Out Patient Clinic Mangunkusumo Hospital and Private Women
& Children Hospital in Eastern part of Jakarta. Super-obese is
defined as children with BMI above 97 centiles CDC 2000 chart.
Blood sample was obtained from all subjects, consisted of
peripheral blood picture, lipid profiles and leptin level.
Results Seventy nine super-obese children were eligible with age
ranged between 12 months and 180 months and mean of age was
84.9 months (SD 36.8). More than 60% subjects had high LDL
cholesterol, while 19% had low HDL level. The lowest leptin
blood level was 2.877 μ g/dL, while the highest was 70.430 μ g/dL
(mean 23.990; SD 12.726). Forty five subjects, all boys, had
increased plasma leptin level.
Conclusions In super-obese children, most of the subject
experienced hyperlipidemia (LDL cholesterol) followed by
hypertriglyceridemia. There was small number of low HDL
cholesterol found. Super-obese girls had normal serum leptin level,
in contrast, more than 60% super-obese boys had elevated serum
leptin level.
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CH, Prentice AM, et al. Effect of recombinant leptin therapy
in a child with congenital leptin deficiency. N Eng J Med
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Zacas D, Mantzoros CS. Body fat mass and macronutrient
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healthy human. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003; 88:1730-6.
12. Singhal A, Farooqi IS, , Cole TJ, O’Rahilly S, Fewtrell M,
Kattenhorn M, et al. Influence of leptin on arterial distensibility.
A novel link between obesity and cardiovascular disease.
Circulation 2002; 106:1919-24.
13. Feng Chu N, Rimm EB, Jiang Wang D, Shin Liou H, Ming
Shieh S. Clustering of cardiovascular disease risk factor
among obese school children: the Taipeh Children Heart
Study. Am J Clin Nutr 1998; 67:1141-6.
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VS, Riva E, et al. Lipid and apoprotein A-1 and B level
in obese school-age children: result of a study in the
Milan area. J Pediatr Gastroenterl Nutr 1993; 16:446-
50.
15. Lindroos AK, Lissner L, Carlsson B, Carlsson LMS, Torgerson
J, Karlsson C, et al. Familial predisposition for obesity may
modify the predictive value of serum leptin concentration
for long term weight change in obese women. Am J Clin
Nutr 1998; 67:1119-23.
16. Ostlund RE, Yang JW, Klein S, Gingerich R. Relation between
plasma leptin concentration and body fat, gender, diet, age
and metabolic covariates. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1996;
81:3909-13.
17. Wolthers DO, Heuck C, Skjaerbek C. Diurnal rhythm in
serum leptin. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 1999;12:863-6.
18. Hytinantii T, Koistinen HA, Koivisto VA, Karonen SL,
Andersson S. Changes in leptin concentration during the early
postnatal period: adjustment to extrauterine life? Pediatr Res
1999; 45:197-201.
19. Saad MF, Riad-Gabriel MG, Khan A, Sharma A, Michael R,
Jinagouda SD, et al. Diurnal and ultradian rhytmicity of
plasma leptin: effect of gender and adiposity. J Clin Endocrinol
Metab 1998; 83:453-9.
20. Rosenbaum M, Nicolson M, Hirst J, Heymfiels SB, Galagher D,
Chu F, et al. Effect of gender, body composition, and menopause
on plasma concentration of leptin. J Clin Endocrinol Metab
1996; 81:3424-7.
21. Mann DR. Johnson AOK, Gimpel T, Castracane VD.
Changes in circulating leptin, leptin receptor and gonadal
hormones from infancy until advanced age. J Clin Endocrinol
Metab 2003; 88:3339-45.
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2007-10-31
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Hendarto A, Nasar S, Sjarif D. Plasma lipid profile and leptin concentration in super-obese children. PI [Internet]. 31Oct.2007 [cited 29Apr.2024];47(5):221-. Available from: https://www.paediatricaindonesiana.org/index.php/paediatrica-indonesiana/article/view/418
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