title: Role of leptin in growth and adiposity in early infancy: impact of nutritional pattern.
abstract: This study was planned to investigate leptin levels under different models of nutrition and their relation with anthropometric parameters in early infancy. Sixty four infants (28 exclusively breast-fed, 15 exclusively formula-fed and 21 mixed-fed), aged 4 months were included and their leptin, insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), and IGF binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) levels were measured. Leptin, IGF-I and IGFBP-3 levels of the three groups were not statistically different (P > 0.05). The results of our study questions the role of leptin as a link between nutritional pattern and adiposity-growth in early infancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Pediatrics, Gazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. aysucamurdan@yahoo.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Camurdan Duyan
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Camurdan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bideei
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cinaz
mesh_terms: D050154:Adiposity; D000367:Age Factors; D000886:Anthropometry; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D001827:Body Height; D001903:Bottle Feeding; D001942:Breast Feeding; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018972:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3 / Q000378:metabolism*; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000378:metabolism*; D020738:Leptin / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology; D011336:Probability; D047929:Term Birth
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D018972:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3; D020738:Leptin; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I