The association between leptin and inflammatory markers with obesity indices in Zanzibari children, adolescents, and adults

Objective: In this study, the main objective was to evaluate the association of markers of obesity with the inflammatory markers in pre-diabetes and diabetes. Methods: This study recruited 300 participants (100 control group, 100 pre-diabetic group, and 100 diabetic group). The anthropometric variables such as body mass index (BMI), waist-hip ratio (WHR), and waist circumference (WC), and biochemical variables such as fasting blood glucose, glycated hemoglobin, uric acid, C-reactive protein (CRP), fibrinogen, interleukin-6 (IL-6), and adiponectin were analyzed in each participant by standard methods. Results: The present study documented significantly high values of BMI and WHR in patient (pre-diabetic and diabetic) groups compared to the control group. Similarly, the level of adiponectin decreased and that of uric acid, CRP, fibrinogen, and IL-6 increased significantly. Both BMI and WC were correlated significantly with inflammatory mediators in diabetic patients. The correlation with adiponectin was negative. In the pre-diabetic group, a significant correlation was observed only between WHR, adiponectin, and uric acid. Conclusion: This study supports the fact that obesity-induced systemic inflammation of low grade is significantly associated with pre-diabetes and diabetes, thereby keeping these individuals at high risk of future complications especially cardiovascular diseases.

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Correlation of circulating inflammatory markers, ghrelin, adiponectin with obesity indices in subjects with metabolic syndrome

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences ◽

10.12669/pjms.291(suppl).3513 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 29 (1(Suppl)) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mojgan Gharipour ◽

Masoumeh Sadeghi ◽

Marjan Mansourian ◽

Elham Andalib ◽

Mohammad Talaie ◽

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Keyword(s):

Metabolic Syndrome ◽

Inflammatory Markers ◽

Obesity Indices ◽

Circulating Inflammatory Markers

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P2.5 SEX-DEPENDENT DIFFERENCES IN OBESITY INDICES AND INFLAMMATORY MARKERS IN NON-DIABETIC OBESE PATIENTS

Artery Research ◽

10.1016/j.artres.2015.10.212 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 12 (C) ◽

pp. 7

Author(s):

Mariusz Stępień* ◽

Anna Stępień ◽

Rafał N. Wlazeł ◽

Marek Paradowski ◽

Maciej Banach ◽

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Keyword(s):

Inflammatory Markers ◽

Obese Patients ◽

Obesity Indices

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Obesity indices and inflammatory markers in obese non-diabetic normo- And hypertensive patients. a comparative pilot study

Atherosclerosis ◽

10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.05.382 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 235 (2) ◽

pp. e136-e137

Author(s):

M. Stepien ◽

A. Stepien ◽

R.N. Wlazel ◽

M. Paradowski ◽

M. Banach ◽

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Keyword(s):

Pilot Study ◽

Inflammatory Markers ◽

Hypertensive Patients ◽

Obesity Indices

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Clinical Success Using the Audio-Visual Feedback Training for Cluttering

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups ◽

10.1044/2019_pers-sig17-2019-0018 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4 (6) ◽

pp. 1589-1594

Author(s):

Yvonne van Zaalen ◽

Isabella Reichel

Keyword(s):

Visual Feedback ◽

Clinical Success ◽

Pause Duration ◽

Digital Audio ◽

Male Adolescents ◽

Feedback Training ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Speech Monitoring ◽

Adolescents And Adults

Purpose Among the best strategies to address inadequate speech monitoring skills and other parameters of communication in people with cluttering (PWC) is the relatively new but very promising auditory–visual feedback (AVF) training ( van Zaalen & Reichel, 2015 ). This study examines the effects of AVF training on articulatory accuracy, pause duration, frequency, and type of disfluencies of PWC, as well as on the emotional and cognitive aspects that may be present in clients with this communication disorder ( Reichel, 2010 ; van Zaalen & Reichel, 2015 ). Methods In this study, 12 male adolescents and adults—6 with phonological and 6 with syntactic cluttering—were provided with weekly AVF training for 12 weeks, with a 3-month follow-up. Data was gathered on baseline (T0), Week 6 (T1), Week 12 (T2), and after follow-up (T3). Spontaneous speech was recorded and analyzed by using digital audio-recording and speech analysis software known as Praat ( Boersma & Weenink, 2017 ). Results The results of this study indicated that PWC demonstrated significant improvements in articulatory rate measurements and in pause duration following the AVF training. In addition, the PWC in the study reported positive effects on their ability to retell a story and to speak in more complete sentences. PWC felt better about formulating their ideas and were more satisfied with their interactions with people around them. Conclusions The AVF training was found to be an effective approach for improving monitoring skills of PWC with both quantitative and qualitative benefits in the behavioral, cognitive, emotional, and social domains of communication.

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Clinical Outcomes of the Intensive Stuttering Clinic for Adolescents and Adults

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups ◽

10.1044/persp3.sig4.17 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

pp. 17-29 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Lauren DeBelly ◽

Rodney Gabel ◽

Farzan Irani

Keyword(s):

Clinical Outcomes ◽

Adolescents And Adults

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699 Late increase of inflammatory markers in patients with recent onset atrial fibrillation is related with cardioversion outcome

European Journal of Heart Failure Supplements ◽

10.1016/s1567-4215(07)60430-5 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 154-154

Author(s):

A KALOGEROPOULOS ◽

A RIGOPOULOS ◽

S PAPATHANASIOU ◽

S TSIODRAS ◽

S DRAGOMANOVITS ◽

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Keyword(s):

Atrial Fibrillation ◽

Inflammatory Markers ◽

Recent Onset ◽

Onset Atrial Fibrillation

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Allergic Reactions to Food Proteins

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research ◽

10.1024/0300-9831/a000055 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 81 (23) ◽

pp. 173-180 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Barbara K. Ballmer-Weber

Keyword(s):

Food Allergies ◽

Allergic Reactions ◽

Allergenic Food ◽

Processed Foods ◽

Legal Regulations ◽

Pollen Allergens ◽

Curative Therapy ◽

Novel Foods ◽

Allergenic Proteins ◽

Adolescents And Adults

Four to eight percent of the population are estimated to be food-allergic. Most food allergies in adolescents and adults are acquired on the basis of cross-reaction to pollen allergens. Theses allergens are ubiquitous in the plant kingdom. Therefore pollen-allergic patients might acquire a multitude of different plant food allergies, and even react to novel foods to which they have never previously been exposed. A curative therapy for food allergy does not yet exist. Food-allergic patients have to rely on strict avoidance diets, The widespread use of industrially processed foods poses a general problem for food-allergic patients. Although the most frequent allergens must be declared openly in the list of ingredients, involuntary contamination with allergy-provoking compounds can occur. The precautionary labelling may contain is sometimes applied even if the chance of contamination is very low; on the other hand, foods not declared to contain possible traces of allergenic components may actually contain relevant amounts of allergenic proteins. Switzerland is the only country in Europe with legal regulations on contamination by allergenic food; however, the allowance of 1 g/kg is too high to protect a relevant proportion of food-allergic individuals.

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The association between dietary inflammatory index and risk of central obesity in adults: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research ◽

10.1024/0300-9831/a000648 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 90 (5-6) ◽

pp. 535-552 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Mahdieh Abbasalizad Farhangi ◽

Mahdi Vajdi

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Observational Studies ◽

Central Obesity ◽

Assessment Tool ◽

Weighted Mean Difference ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Dietary Factors ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Inflammatory Status ◽

Obesity Indices

Abstract. Backgrounds: Central obesity, as a pivotal component of metabolic syndrome is associated with numerous co-morbidities. Dietary factors influence central obesity by increased inflammatory status. However, recent studies didn’t evaluate the association between central obesity and dietary inflammation index (DII®) that give score to dietary factors according to their inflammatory potential. In the current systematic review and meta-analysis, we summarized the studies that investigated the association between DII® with central obesity indices in the general populations. Methods: In a systematic search from PubMed, SCOPUS, Web of Sciences and Cochrane electronic databases, we collected relevant studies written in English and published until 30 October 2019. The population of included studies were apparently healthy subjects or individuals with obesity or obesity-related diseases. Observational studies that evaluated the association between DII® and indices of central obesity including WC or WHR were included. Results: Totally thirty-two studies were included; thirty studies were cross-sectional and two were cohort studies with 103071 participants. Meta-analysis of observational studies showed that higher DII® scores were associated with 1.81 cm increase in WC (Pooled weighted mean difference (WMD) = 1.813; CI: 0.785–2.841; p = 0.001). Also, a non-significant increase in the odds of having higher WC (OR = 1.162; CI: 0.95–1.43; p = 0.154) in the highest DII category was also observed. In subgroup analysis, the continent, dietary assessment tool and gender were the heterogeneity sources. Conclusion: The findings proposed that adherence to diets with high DII® scores was associated with increased WC. Further studies with interventional designs are necessary to elucidate the causality inference between DII® and central obesity indices.

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