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18376259

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-3-31
pubmed:abstractText
We carried out a cross-sectional study of 115 healthy infants, younger than 6 months old, exclusively breast-fed or formula-fed, to investigate correlations between circulating leptin concentrations and body composition measurements. Serum leptin was evaluated with radioimmunoassay, and body composition with bioelectrical impedance analysis. Multiple regression analysis showed a relationship between serum leptin and body mass index in the entire study population (P = 0.042). There was a significant negative relationship between serum leptin and phase angle (P = 0.006) in formula-fed infants. Serum leptin was positively related to subscapular skinfold thickness (P = 0.055) and negatively to reactance (P = 0.057) only in formula-fed infants, although the differences were just below significance. Serum leptin concentration was higher in breast-fed infants (P = 0.002), and was not correlated with body composition parameters. This study indicates that there is a relation between leptin and infant body composition in the first months of life, although the link needs to be explored further.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1536-4801
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
348-51
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Looking for a relation between serum leptin concentration and body composition parameters in healthy term infants in the first 6 months of life.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital, University of Turin, Italy. francesco.savino@unito.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article