title: [Vitamins A, E and leptin in obese and non-insulin-dependent diabetes].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  At the obese ones, there is an imbalance between the free defenses antioxydants and radicals from where the installation of an oxydative stress, responsible for the development of non-insulin-dependent diabetes.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Our objectives was to evaluate the levels of vitamins A, E and of leptin, to search the link witch could exist between vitamins and leptin.
  
  
  METHODS
  We proportioned the rates in vitamins A, E and in leptine at 30 obese subjects diabetic of type 2 including 12 men and 18 women of average age (50.93 +/- 6.13) years not carrying pathologies other than the diabetes and obesity compared to 30 witnesses who theirs are paired according to the age and the sex..
  
  
  RESULTS
  Our results chows that levels of antioxidants did not differ between the two groups but we find a non significant decrease in vitamin E/(TC +TG) ratio (1.86 +/- 0.38 vs. 2.11 +/- 0.74 ; p = 0.08) and significant increase of vitamin A level in women obese with non-insulin-diabetes mellitus compared with control group of women (0.69 +/- 0.16 vs. 0.55 +/- 0.15 ; p = 0.01). Moreover a negative and significative correlation between vitamin E and leptin (r = 0.452 ; p = 0.01), and a negative and no significative correlation between vitamin A and leptin (2 = - 0.221; p > 0.05) were observed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The rate of vitamin A, is different for each sex with share. The vitamin E could have a negative control on the secretion of the leptin.
authors.affiliation: Institut National de la Santé Publique.
authors.forename: Fethi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ben Slama
authors.forename: Amira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boujmil
authors.forename: Imen
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dekhil
authors.forename: Abdelmajid
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trimeche
authors.forename: Chakib
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gaouar
authors.forename: Mohamed Chiheb
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Ben Rayana
authors.forename: Noureddine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Achour
authors.forename: Béchir
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zouari
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Achour
authors.forename: Omrane
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bel Hadj
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020738:Leptin / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood*; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000097:blood*; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D020738:Leptin; D014801:Vitamin A; D014810:Vitamin E