Serum leptin concentrations in hyperinsulinemia in the sets of obese, lipodystrophic and/or non-obese patients.
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1999-06-22
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OBJECTIVE: To study the relationship between serum leptin and circulating insulin under basal and in response to oral glucose administration in hyperinsulinemic patients with or without obesity.
MATERIAL AND METHOD: Fifteen female patients of known hyperinsulinemia provided material for the study. Leptin and insulin in sera were estimated by radioimmunoassay methods.
RESULTS: Eight of the 15 hyperinsulinemic patients with high body mass index (BMI) (31 +/- 0.94 kg/m2) had significantly (p < 0.01) elevated serum leptin concentrations (26.1 +/- 2 ng/ml) as compared to the levels in the remaining seven non-obese hyperinsulinemic patients with BMI of 20 +/- 1.0 kg/m2; their mean levels of serum leptin were low 5.7 +/- 1.1 ng/ml. Four of the latter group had face-sparing partial lipodystrophy. The mean circulating leptin concentrations in the control group of seven healthy normoinsulinemic and regularly menstruating women with normal BMI (19 +/- 0.95 kg/m2) were 13.7 +/- 1.8 ng/ml. DISCUSSION: The results of the present study in 15 hyperinsulinemic patients show that circulating levels of leptin are not related to serum insulin. However, there was a positive correlation with BMI. An interesting observation of the study is that, notwithstanding the normal BMI, the group of hyperinsulinemic patients with face-sparing partial lipodystrophy had the lowest levels of circulating leptin concentrations. They were closer to the values found in prepubertal girls.
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Vaidya R, Shringi M, Vaidya A, Godse C, Nanavati P, Shah S, Talwalkar S, Sheth J, Walton P. Serum leptin concentrations in hyperinsulinemia in the sets of obese, lipodystrophic and/or non-obese patients. Journal of the Association of Physicians of India. 1999 Jun; 47(6): 584-8