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The association of serum lipocalin-2 levels with metabolic and clinical parameters in obese children: a pilot study

  • Ahmet Zulfikar Akelma EMAIL logo , Ayhan Abaci , Osman Ozdemir , Aydin Celik , Zekai Avci , Cem Hasan Razi , Samil Hizli and Okhan Akin
Published/Copyright: April 19, 2012

Abstract

Objective: We aimed to evaluate the association between serum lipocalin-2 level and clinical and metabolic parameters in obese children.

Methods: The study included obese children with a body mass index (BMI) >95th percentile who presented to Kecioren Teaching and Research Hospital with the complaint of weight gain and healthy children with a BMI <85th percentile. The height and weight of the patients were measured for compartment of anthropometric data. Fasting blood glucose, insulin, lipid profile, and serum lipocalin-2 level were measured to evaluate the laboratory parameters.

Results: The study included 33 obese and 34 healthy non-obese children. Comparison of data on the obese subjects with those of the healthy subjects shows differences in BMI, BMI-SDS, triglyceride, insulin, and homeostasis model assessment index-insulin resistance levels between the two groups were statistically significant (p<0.05), whereas serum lipocalin-2 was not statistically significant (p>0.05). There was no statistically significant difference in serum lipocalin-2 levels when obese and control groups were reclassified as prepubertal and pubertal (p>0.05).

Conclusions: In this study, we did not find any relationships among serum lipocalin-2 level, anthropometric parameters, or metabolic parameters. According to the results of this study, we do not suggest routine investigation of serum lipocalin-2 level in obese subjects for risk stratification of the obesity-related complications.


Corresponding author: Ahmet Zulfikar Akelma, MD, Karapinar Mah. 1186, Cadde No 17/1, Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey Phone: +90 312 356 9000, Fax: +90 312 356 9002

Received: 2011-10-5
Accepted: 2012-3-16
Published Online: 2012-04-19
Published in Print: 2012-06-01

©2012 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston

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