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. 2019 Jan-Mar;-5(1):69-73.
doi: 10.4183/aeb.2019.69.

SERUM NESFATIN-1 LEVEL IN HEALTHY SUBJECTS WITH WEIGHT-RELATED ABNORMALITIES AND NEWLY DIAGNOSED PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS; A CASE-CONTROL STUDY

S Mirakhor Samani  1 , H Ghasemi  2 , K Rezaei Bookani  3 , B Shokouhi  4
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SERUM NESFATIN-1 LEVEL IN HEALTHY SUBJECTS WITH WEIGHT-RELATED ABNORMALITIES AND NEWLY DIAGNOSED PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS; A CASE-CONTROL STUDY

S Mirakhor Samani et al. Acta Endocrinol (Buchar). 2019 Jan-Mar.

Abstract

Context: Nesfatin-1 is a novel peptide with both central and peripheral anorexigenic regulatory properties. Besides its effects on food intake, few studies have suggested a possible role for this peptide in the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus type 2.

Objective: To compare serum levels of nesfatin-1 between healthy, normal-weight persons and three groups including healthy underweight, healthy obese and diabetic subjects.

Design: Prospective, case-control study, performed between January 2015 and January 2016.

Subjects and methods: Fasting levels in serum nesfatin-1 were measured in 30 healthy, normal-weight individuals (controls), 30 healthy underweight persons, 30 healthy obese persons, and 30 patients with newly diagnosed diabetes type 2 using standard enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits.

Results: The mean serum nesfatin-1 level was significantly higher in controls (2.61 ng/mL) compared to that in obese (1.13 ng/mL) and diabetic (0.99 ng/mL) patients; and significantly lower than that in the underweight group (3.50 ng/mL). The obese and diabetic groups were comparable in this regard. No significant association was found between serum nesfatin-1 level and age, sex, or body mass index.

Conclusions: Serum nesfatin-1 is possibly associated with weight-related abnormalities in otherwise healthy subjects and diabetes type 2. Obesity and diabetes type 2 may share a common pathologic point in this regard.

Keywords: diabetes mellitus; nesfatin-1; obesity; underweight.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Mean serum nefatin-1 levels in the four study groups. Error bars indicate 95% confidence interval. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Receiver operator characteristics curves of the mean serum nesfatin-1 levels in differentiation healthy normal-weight individuals from underweight, obese, and diabetic subjects.
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