THE EVALUATION OF NEW GENERATION INFLAMMATORY MARKERS IN CHILDREN WITH MORBID OBESITY AND METABOLIC SYNDROME

Abstract

Objective: Technological advancements, unbalanced nutrition, sedentary life style, are important factors in obesity. Obesity-inflammation relation is being examined. In this study, the relationships among new generation inflammatory markers in children with normal body mass index (C) as well as obese (OB), morbid obese (MO) children and those with metabolic syndrome (MetS) were investigated. Materials and Methods: A total of 172 children participated in the study. Group 1 comprised children with normal body-mass index (control group) (C). Obese (OB) children were in Group 2, MO children constituted Group 3 and Group 4 included MO children with MetS. The number of cases were 37, 34, 51 and 50 in groups 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively. Anthropometric measurements were recorded. Serum spexin, adropin, adipolipin, fibroblast growth factor-21 and fetuin-A levels were determined. Statistical analyses were performed. Results: Spexin and adipolin levels were significantly lower in obese groups than C group (p<0.05). Although adropin and FGF-21 levels did not differ significantly between groups, levels were lower in OB, MO, and MetS groups than C group. There were no significant differences among fetuin-A levels of the groups. Correlations between spexin and adipolin were the highest. These cytokines were negatively correlated with obesity parameters. The correlations between these cytokines were weakened from C group to MetS group. Conclusion: Decreasing spexin and adipolin levels in accordance with increasing obesity degrees and weakening of the correlation between these cytokines in MO group compared to C group may be helpful during the further investigation of obesity.

Keywords

• Adipolin
• children
• metabolic syndrome
• obesity
• spexin

MORBİD OBEZ VE METABOLİK SENDROMLU ÇOCUKLARDA YENİ NESİL ENFLAMATUVAR BELİRTEÇLERİN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ

Abstract

Amaç: Teknolojideki gelişmeler, dengesiz beslenme, sedanter hayat tarzı gibi yaşam değişiklikleri obezitenin gelişmesi için önemli faktörlerdir. Enflamasyon-obezite ilişkisi güncel bir konu olarak halen incelenmektedir. Bu çalışmada obez (OB), morbid obez (MO), metabolik sendromlu morbid obez (MetS) çocuklar ile sağlıklı, normal vücut kitle indeksi (K) olan çocuklarda yeni nesil enflamatuar belirteçler arasındaki ilişkiler araştırılmıştır. Materyal ve Metod: Toplam 172 çocuk çalışma kapsamına alındı. Normal vücut kitle indeksine sahip çocuklar birinci grubu (kontrol grubu) (K) oluşturdu. Grup 2’de OB, Grup 3’te MO, Grup 4’te MetS’lu (MetS) çocuklar yer aldı. Olgu sayıları Grup 1, 2, 3 ve 4 için sırasıyla 37, 34, 51 ve 50 olarak belirlendi. Antropometrik ölçümler alındı. Serum speksin, adropin, adipolin, fibroblast büyüme faktörü-21 ve fetuin-A düzeyleri ölçüldü. İstatistiksel analizler gerçekleştirildi. Bulgular: Speksin ve adipolin düzeyleri obez gruplarda K grubuna göre anlamlı düzeyde düşük bulundu (p<0.05). Adropin ve FGF-21 değerlerinde gruplar arasında anlamlı bir fark bulunmamasına rağmen düzeylerin, K grubuna göre OB, MO and MetS gruplarında azalmış olduğu saptandı. Fetuin-A düzeylerinde gruplar arasında anlamlı bir farklılık bulunamadı. En yüksek korelasyonlar speksin ve adipolin düzeyleri arasında bulundu. Bu sitokinler obezite parametreleri ile negatif bir ilişki içindeydi. Aynı sitokinler arasındaki ilişki K grubundan MetS grubuna doğru zayıflamakta idi. Sonuçlar: Artan obezite derecelerine paralel olarak speksin ve adipolin seviyelerindeki azalma ve bu iki parametre arasındaki korelasyonun K grubuna göre MO grupta zayıflaması, obezitenin ileri düzeyde araştırılmasında yardımcı olabileceği düşüncesini ortaya koymaktadır.

Keywords

• Adipolin
• çocuk
• metabolik sendrom
• obezite
• speksin

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