Serum leptin levels in acute myocardial infarction.
BACKGROUND
Several studies have shown an association of serum leptin levels with cardiovascular diseases. The present study was undertaken to assess levels of serum leptin in patients presenting with acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction.


RESULTS
Ninety-four consecutive patients presenting with acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction were studied and 46 controls were taken from patients who presented with chest pain but had no history of myocardial infarction in the past. There were 59 patients with anterior wall infarction and 31 had inferior wall infarction and in 4 it was a combination of anterior and inferior wall infarction. The serum leptin levels in patients with myocardial infarction was 6.51 +/- 6.76 ng/ml versus 2.86 +/- 2.22 ng/ml in controls. In the multivariate analysis the odds ratio for serum leptin with myocardial infarction was 1.45 with a 95% confidence interval of 1.2 to 1.8.


CONCLUSIONS
Our results suggest that serum leptin level is elevated in patients with acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction.
Jose
V Jacob
VJ
Department of Cardiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore.
Mariappan
P
P
George
Paul V
PV
Selvakumar
Selvakumar
Dhayakani
D
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000097:blood; D020738:Leptin / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology
D020738:Leptin