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Role of Procalcitonin As an Inflammatory Marker in a Sample of Egyptian Children with Simple Obesity
BACKGROUND: Obesity is a multifactorial disease, associated with metabolic disorders and chronic low-grade inflammation. Procalcitonin (PCT) is well known as a biomarker of infection, and systemic inflammation. Recently, it has potential as a marker for chronic low-grade inflammation. AIM: This stud...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6108804/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30159055 http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2018.323 |
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author | El Kassas, Ghada M. Shehata, Manal A. El Wakeel, Maged A. Amer, Ahmed F. Elzaree, Fatma A. Darwish, Marwa K. Amer, Marwa F. |
author_facet | El Kassas, Ghada M. Shehata, Manal A. El Wakeel, Maged A. Amer, Ahmed F. Elzaree, Fatma A. Darwish, Marwa K. Amer, Marwa F. |
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description | BACKGROUND: Obesity is a multifactorial disease, associated with metabolic disorders and chronic low-grade inflammation. Procalcitonin (PCT) is well known as a biomarker of infection, and systemic inflammation. Recently, it has potential as a marker for chronic low-grade inflammation. AIM: This study aims to evaluate the role of serum PCT as an inflammatory biomarker in the diagnosis of obesity-related low-grade inflammation. METHOD: In this case-control study, 50 obese and 35 normal weight children and adolescents aged 5–15 years were enrolled. Anthropometric parameters were measured in all subjects. Blood samples were collected for measurement of lipid profile, blood glucose, insulin, high sensitivity-CRP (Hs-CRP) and serum procalcitonin. Serum (PCT) levels were assessed using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS: Obese participants had higher concentrations of serum PCT, total cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL-c, glucose and Hs-CRP than control group. On correlation analysis, procalcitonin had significant positive correlation with (BMI) z-score (P = 0.02), insulin (P = 0.00), insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) (P = 0.006), Hs-CRP (P = 0.02), total cholesterol (P = 0.04) and triglycerides (P = 0.00) in obese group. CONCLUSION: The increased serum procalcitonin concentrations were closely related to measures of adiposity, Hs-CRP and insulin resistance, suggesting that PCT may be an excellent biomarker for obesity-related chronic low-grade inflammation in children and adolescents. |
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spelling | pubmed-61088042018-08-29 Role of Procalcitonin As an Inflammatory Marker in a Sample of Egyptian Children with Simple Obesity El Kassas, Ghada M. Shehata, Manal A. El Wakeel, Maged A. Amer, Ahmed F. Elzaree, Fatma A. Darwish, Marwa K. Amer, Marwa F. Open Access Maced J Med Sci Basic Science BACKGROUND: Obesity is a multifactorial disease, associated with metabolic disorders and chronic low-grade inflammation. Procalcitonin (PCT) is well known as a biomarker of infection, and systemic inflammation. Recently, it has potential as a marker for chronic low-grade inflammation. AIM: This study aims to evaluate the role of serum PCT as an inflammatory biomarker in the diagnosis of obesity-related low-grade inflammation. METHOD: In this case-control study, 50 obese and 35 normal weight children and adolescents aged 5–15 years were enrolled. Anthropometric parameters were measured in all subjects. Blood samples were collected for measurement of lipid profile, blood glucose, insulin, high sensitivity-CRP (Hs-CRP) and serum procalcitonin. Serum (PCT) levels were assessed using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS: Obese participants had higher concentrations of serum PCT, total cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL-c, glucose and Hs-CRP than control group. On correlation analysis, procalcitonin had significant positive correlation with (BMI) z-score (P = 0.02), insulin (P = 0.00), insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) (P = 0.006), Hs-CRP (P = 0.02), total cholesterol (P = 0.04) and triglycerides (P = 0.00) in obese group. CONCLUSION: The increased serum procalcitonin concentrations were closely related to measures of adiposity, Hs-CRP and insulin resistance, suggesting that PCT may be an excellent biomarker for obesity-related chronic low-grade inflammation in children and adolescents. Republic of Macedonia 2018-08-17 /pmc/articles/PMC6108804/ /pubmed/30159055 http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2018.323 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Ghada M. El Kassas, Manal A. Shehata, Maged A. El Wakeel, Ahmed F. Amer, Fatma A. Elzaree, Marwa K. Darwish, Marwa F. Amer http://creativecommons.org/licenses/CC BY-NC/4.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). |
spellingShingle | Basic Science El Kassas, Ghada M. Shehata, Manal A. El Wakeel, Maged A. Amer, Ahmed F. Elzaree, Fatma A. Darwish, Marwa K. Amer, Marwa F. Role of Procalcitonin As an Inflammatory Marker in a Sample of Egyptian Children with Simple Obesity |
title | Role of Procalcitonin As an Inflammatory Marker in a Sample of Egyptian Children with Simple Obesity |
title_full | Role of Procalcitonin As an Inflammatory Marker in a Sample of Egyptian Children with Simple Obesity |
title_fullStr | Role of Procalcitonin As an Inflammatory Marker in a Sample of Egyptian Children with Simple Obesity |
title_full_unstemmed | Role of Procalcitonin As an Inflammatory Marker in a Sample of Egyptian Children with Simple Obesity |
title_short | Role of Procalcitonin As an Inflammatory Marker in a Sample of Egyptian Children with Simple Obesity |
title_sort | role of procalcitonin as an inflammatory marker in a sample of egyptian children with simple obesity |
topic | Basic Science |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6108804/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30159055 http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2018.323 |
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