Gender Differences of Serum Leptin Hormone Levels in Iraqi Population

• Main Author: Besma I.Mustafa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: College of Pharmacy University of Baghdad, 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary

To evaluate and compare serum Leptin hormone level between Iraqi male & female and the relation between this hormone & BMI in these two groups. A total of 44 normal male & female subjects were included in this study {Group 1 : 22 female } , { Group 2 : 22 male}. Serum Leptin hormone ,BMI &fasting blood glucose were measured for both groups.    Serum Leptin level in group 1 was (8.82 + 2.9 μg/L) where as in group 2 it was (4.65 + 3.2 μg/L) . These changes were statistically significant. Fasting blood glucose levels were technically within the normal value (116.43 + 3.4mg /dl) for group 1 & (118.52 + 2.9 mg /dl) for group 2 . BMI levels were comparable in both groups during the study, with slight elevation in group 1  [ 24 + 1.73 kg /m2 for group 1 &  23 + 1.98 kg /m2for group 2 ] which within the  acceptable limit as far as safety concern.   Leptin, an adipocyte-derived hormone known to play an important role in body-weight regulation, the result of this study shows that Leptin is presented differentially in Iraqi men and women ; in which it is significantly higher in women than in men serum . These observations are potentially important for the understanding of differences between men and women in regulation of food intake, weight gain, and body fat distribution.The relation between Leptin & the BMI in male and female in this study may open another approach for this hormone to be involved  in â€"fertility &  in pubertal development.

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