Association of serum leptin with hypoventilation in human obesity
Association of serum leptin with hypoventilation in human obesity
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DOI:
10.1136/thorax.57.1.75
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发表时间:
2002-01-01
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10
通讯作者:
Grunstein, RR
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作者:
Phipps, PR;Starritt, E;Grunstein, RR
Background: Leptin is a protein hormone produced by fat cells of mammals. It acts within the hypothalamus via a specific receptor to reduce appetite and increase energy expenditure. Plasma leptin levels correlate closely with total body fat mass operating via a central feedback mechanism. In human obesity serum leptin levels are up to four times higher than in lean subjects, indicating a failure of the feedback loop and central leptin resistance. In leptin deficient obese mice (ob/ob mice) leptin infusion reverses hypoventilotion. It was hypothesised that a relative deficiency in CNS leptin, indicated by high circulating leptin levels, may be implicated in the pathogenesis of obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS).Methods: Fasting morning leptin levels were measured in obese and non-obese patients with and without daytime hypercapnia (n=56). Sleep studies, anthropometric data, spirometric parameters, and awake arterial blood gas tensions were measured in each patient.Results: In the whole group serum leptin levels correlated closely with % body fat (r=0.77). Obese hypercapnic patients (mean (SD) % body fat 43.8 (6.0)%) had higher fasting serum leptin levels than eucapnic patients (mean % body fat 40.8 (6.2)%), with mean (SD) leptin levels of 39.1 (17.9) and 21.4 (11.4) ng/ml, respectively (p