title: Impact of weight loss on markers of systemic inflammation in obese Saudi children with asthma.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Weight loss studies were conducted in children without asthma have demonstrated a reduction in systemic inflammation. However, the impact of weight loss in the obese paediatric population with asthma has not been investigated.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To measure the effects of weight loss on markers of systemic inflammation in obese children with bronchial asthma.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty obese children with bronchial asthma (42 boys, and 38 girls) with mean age 13.86 ± 3.21 years were divided into two equal groups. The training group received diet regimen, exercise training in addition to the medical treatment for two months, where the control group received the medical treatment only.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a 17.5%, 15.5%, 22.4%, 14.1% and 15.9% reduction in mean values of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-8 (IL-8), Leptin and body mass index (BMI) respectively and 38.7 % increase in mean values of adiponectin in the training group. While, there was a 0.7%, 9.0%, 2.8%, 1.6% and 1.2% increase in mean values of TNF-alpha, IL-6, IL-8, Leptin and BMI respectively and 3.9% decrease in mean values of adiponectin in the control group. The mean values of TNF-alpha, IL-6, IL-8, Leptin and BMI was decreased and adiponectin was increased significantly in the training group, however the results of the control group were not significant. Also, there were significant differences between both groups at the end of the study.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Weight loss improves markers of systemic inflammation in obese Saudi children with bronchial asthma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical therapy, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Abd El-Kader
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Al-Jiffri
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Ashmawy
mesh_terms: D054392:Adipokines / Q000097:blood*; D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000097:blood*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D016207:Cytokines / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood* / Q000628:therapy; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D018746:Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / Q000276:immunology*; D015431:Weight Loss / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D054392:Adipokines; D016207:Cytokines
keywords: asthma; cytokines; obesity; weight loss