title: [Serum level of leptin and neuropeptide Y in children with mild asthma].
abstract: Leptin (LEP) and neuropeptide Y (NPY) are involved in the maintenance of energy balance and create regulatory loops on central and peripheral stage between neuropeptides and hormones, additionally regulated by other physiological stimuli. According to data confirming tendency to overweight and obesity in asthmatic children we have examined the influence of mild asthma on neurohormonal balance. 43 children, aged 7-17 years, including 27 steroid naive mild asthmatic children aged (mean+/-SD) 12.3+/-2.6 years and 16 age matched healthy children participated in the study. Serum LEP and NPY levels were measured radioimmunologically (RIA). Serum leptin level in asthmatic children was 2.84+/-2.1 ng/ml and did not differ to that of healthy children -3.49+/-1.65 ng/ml, both in boys (p=0.85) and girls (0.49). Similarly, we did not observe any differences between NPY levels in asthmatic (113.5+/-31.1 micromol/ml) and healthy (98.5+/-21.9 micromol/ml (p=0.17)), irrespective to sex. Significant correlations between leptin levels and body mass index (BMI) in asthmatics (r=0.62, p=0.01) and healthy children (r=0.56, p=0.02) were observed. We conclude, that mild asthma in children seems not to affect neurohormonal regulation of energy balance.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Alergologii i Pnuemonologii, Instytutu Gruźlicy i Chorób Płuc, Oddział w Rabce-Zdroju. zdoniec@zpigichp.edu.pl
authors.forename: Zbigniew
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Doniec
authors.forename: Krystyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pierzchała-Koziec
authors.forename: Waldemar
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tomalak
authors.forename: Ryszard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kurzawa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000097:blood*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020738:Leptin / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D009478:Neuropeptide Y / Q000097:blood*; D011863:Radioimmunoassay
chemical_list: D020738:Leptin; D009478:Neuropeptide Y