title: Leptin, adiponectin, and short-term and long-term weight loss after a lifestyle intervention in obese children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In overweight children, high leptin levels are independently associated with higher risk for cardiovascular disease, whereas adiponectin seems to be protective against type 2 diabetes and atherosclerosis. The study examines the predictive value of leptin for weight loss after a 4- to 6-wk inpatient therapy and again after 1 y; as well as the association among weight loss, leptin, and adiponectin levels and changes in cardiometabolic risk factors after therapy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, Tanner stage, and cardiometabolic risk factors were studied in 402 children (59.2% females, 13.9 ± 2.3 y, BMI 33.8 ± 5.7 kg/m(2)) before and after a 4-to 6-wk inpatient intervention (exercise, diet, and behavioral therapy) and BMI 1 y later (n = 206).
  
  
  RESULTS
  BMI was reduced from 33.8 ± 5.7 to 30.5 ± 5.1 kg/m(2) (P < 0.001) during the lifestyle intervention and remained unchanged after 1 y. Baseline BMI was positively associated with leptin (r = 0.60; P < 0.001) and cardiometabolic risk factors (blood pressure, high-density lipoprotein [HDL] cholesterol, triglycerides). Baseline leptin was associated with BMI and triglycerides (r = 0.39; P < 0.001), baseline adiponectin with HDL-cholesterol (r = 0.40; P < 0.001). Baseline BMI explained 40.7% of the variance in weight loss during therapy. The combination of BMI, sex, and leptin explained 50.4% of the variance. Neither BMI nor leptin predicted weight changes over the long term.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Overweight children maintained a substantial amount of weight loss after participation in a short-term inpatient lifestyle intervention. Baseline BMI was positively associated with weight reduction during the intervention, whereas baseline leptin had only a minor predictive value.
authors: Department of Prevention, Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, Technische Universität München, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany. siegrist@sport.med.tum.de
authors: Monika
authors: M
authors: Siegrist
authors: Melanie
authors: M
authors: Rank
authors: Bernd
authors: B
authors: Wolfarth
authors: Helmut
authors: H
authors: Langhof
authors: Bernhard
authors: B
authors: Haller
authors: Wolfgang
authors: W
authors: Koenig
authors: Martin
authors: M
authors: Halle
mesh_terms: D052242:Adiponectin / Q000097:blood*; D000293:Adolescent; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D001794:Blood Pressure; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D015444:Exercise; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020738:Leptin / Q000097:blood*; D008019:Life Style; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D012307:Risk Factors; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D015431:Weight Loss
chemical_list: D052242:Adiponectin; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D020738:Leptin; D014280:Triglycerides