title: Change in vascular adhesion protein-1 and metabolic phenotypes after vertical banded gastroplasty for morbid obesity.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The association between circulating vascular adhesion protein-1 (VAP-1) and metabolic phenotypes has been shown to be inconsistent. The current study explored whether the changes in serum VAP-1 levels correlate with the changes in metabolic phenotypes after weight reduction surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical characteristics and serum VAP-1 levels in 20 morbidly obese subjects (mean BMI 38.84 kg/m(2)) were measured before and after vertical banded gastroplasty.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Before surgery, serum VAP-1 levels correlated positively with fasting plasma glucose (gamma = 0.56, p = 0.01) and negatively with insulin levels (gamma = -0.51, p = 0.021). After surgery, the changes in serum VAP-1 levels were negatively correlated with the changes in waist circumference (gamma = -0.57, p = 0.011), diastolic blood pressure (DBP) (gamma = -0.56, p = 0.015), and mean arterial pressure (gamma = -0.46, p = 0.055). In multivariate regression, serum VAP-1 levels were negatively correlated with waist circumference (beta = -2.36, p = 0.014) and DBP (beta = -3.02, p = 0.017) after adjusting for age and gender. The change in DBP was negatively correlated with the change in VAP-1 levels after adjusting for age, gender, and steady-state plasma glucose.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results suggest that VAP-1 levels are correlated with fasting glucose and insulin levels in morbidly obese subjects. After surgery, the changes in VAP-1 levels were associated with changes in visceral adiposity and DBP. Serum VAP-1 might modulate DBP independently from the changes in insulin resistance in morbidly obese people.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung Shan S. Road, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
authors.forename: Hung-Yuan
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wei-Jei
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Mei-Ju
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Lee-Ming
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Chuang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006631:Amine Oxidase (Copper-Containing) / Q000097:blood*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001823:Body Composition; D015992:Body Mass Index; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000097:blood*; D003971:Diastole; D005215:Fasting; D005260:Female; D015391:Gastroplasty; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000097:blood* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010641:Phenotype; D012044:Regression Analysis; D014781:Viscera; D049629:Waist-Hip Ratio
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D007328:Insulin; C076668:AOC3 protein, human; D006631:Amine Oxidase (Copper-Containing)