PMID- 11414430
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20011025
LR  - 20041117
IS  - 0125-1562 (Print)
IS  - 0125-1562 (Linking)
VI  - 31
IP  - 4
DP  - 2000 Dec
TI  - Leptin concentration in relation to body mass index (BMI) and hematological 
      measurements in Thai obese and overweight subjects.
PG  - 787-94
AB  - The weight, height and body mass index (BMI), including waist/hip ratio, serum 
      leptin and hematological parameters of 48 male and 166 female overweight (BMI > 
      or = 25.00) Thai volunteers who came for a physical check-up at the Out-patient 
      Department, General Practice Section, Rajvithi Hospital, Bangkok during the 
      period March-October 1998, were investigated. There were statistically 
      significantly higher levels of serum leptin, mean corpuscular mean corpuscular 
      hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and mean corpuscular volume (MCV) in the 
      overweight than in the control subjects. The median serum leptin concentration in 
      overweight subjects was 19.6 (2.0-60.0 ng/ml) compared with 9.0 (range 1.0-30.0 
      ng/ml) in the control subjects (p < 0.001). The medians of leptin in overweight 
      and obese males were significantly higher than those of overweight and obese 
      females. 66.7% (32 out of 48) of overweight and obese males were found to have 
      elevated leptin levels, while 87.3% (145 out of 166) were found in overweight and 
      obese females. Anemia was found in 18.7% of female overweight and obese subjects, 
      using hemoglobin as an indicator. Significant associations were found between 
      weight, height, BMI, waist, hip, waist/hip ratio, hemoglobin, hematocrit, and 
      serum leptin in both male and female overweight subjects. A negative correlation 
      was found between serum leptin and hemoglobin, and hematocrit in both overweight 
      and obese subjects.
FAU - Tungtrongchitr, R
AU  - Tungtrongchitr R
AD  - Department of Tropical Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, 
      Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
FAU - Pongpaew, P
AU  - Pongpaew P
FAU - Phonrat, B
AU  - Phonrat B
FAU - Tribunyatkul, S
AU  - Tribunyatkul S
FAU - Viroonudomphol, D
AU  - Viroonudomphol D
FAU - Supawan, V
AU  - Supawan V
FAU - Jintaridhi, P
AU  - Jintaridhi P
FAU - Lertchavanakul, A
AU  - Lertchavanakul A
FAU - Vudhivai, N
AU  - Vudhivai N
FAU - Schelp, F P
AU  - Schelp FP
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Thailand
TA  - Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
JT  - The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health
JID - 0266303
RN  - 0 (Hemoglobins)
RN  - 0 (Leptin)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Body Mass Index
MH  - Case-Control Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - *Hematocrit
MH  - Hemoglobins/*analysis
MH  - Humans
MH  - Leptin/*blood
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Obesity/*blood
MH  - Thailand
EDAT- 2001/06/21 10:00
MHDA- 2001/10/26 10:01
CRDT- 2001/06/21 10:00
PHST- 2001/06/21 10:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2001/10/26 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 2001/06/21 10:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2000 Dec;31(4):787-94.