The relationship between plasma leptin and nutritional status in chronic hemodialysis patients.
10.3346/jkms.1999.14.5.546
- Author:
Ja Ryong KOO
1
;
Ky Yong PAK
;
Ken Ho KIM
;
Rho Won CHUN
;
Hyung Jik KIM
;
Dong Wan CHAE
;
Moon Gi CHOI
;
Jung Woo NOH
Author Information
1. Department of Nephrology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chunchon, Korea. kjr@www.hallym.or.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Nutrition disorders;
Hemodialysis
- MeSH:
Adult;
Biological Markers/blood;
Cross-Sectional Studies;
Female;
Human;
Kidney Failure, Chronic/therapy;
Kidney Failure, Chronic/complications;
Kidney Failure, Chronic/blood*;
Leptin/blood*;
Male;
Middle Age;
Nutrition Disorders/etiology;
Nutrition Disorders/diagnosis;
Nutritional Status*;
Obesity/metabolism;
Obesity/etiology;
Renal Dialysis*/adverse effects;
Sex Factors
- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science
1999;14(5):546-551
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Leptin serves an important role in suppressing appetite in mice and is known to be elevated in chronic renal failure (CRF) patients. But clinical significance of leptin as an appetite-reducing uremic toxin, remains to be determined. So we studied the relationship between plasma leptin and nutritional status in 46 chronic hemodialysis (HD) patients. Pre HD leptin was measured and divided by body mass index (BMI) to give adjusted leptin levels. KT/Vurea (K, dialyzer urea clearance; T, duration of HD; V, volume of distribution of urea), C-reactive protein (CRP), plasma insulin and nutritional parameters such as serum albumin, normalized protein catabolic rate (nPCR), subjective global assessment (SGA), BMI and mid-arm muscle circumference (MAMC) were also measured. Mean plasma leptin levels were 8.13+/-2.91 ng/mL (male 3.15+/-0.70; female 14.07+/-6.14, p<0.05). Adjusted leptin levels were positively correlated with nPCR (male r=0.47, p<0.05; female r=0.46, p<0.05), SGA (male r=0.43, p<0.05; female r=0.51, p<0.05) and MAMC (male r=0.60, p<0.005; female r=0.61, p<0.05). They did not correlate with KT/Vurea, serum albumin, hematocrit, bicarbonate, insulin and CRP. Presence of DM and erythropoietin therapy had no effect on leptin levels. These results suggest that leptin is a marker of good nutritional status rather than a cause of protein energy malnutrition in chronic HD patients.
