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Chemerin levels are positively correlated with abdominal visceral fat accumulation.

Authors
 Hyun-Young Shin  ;  Duk C. Lee  ;  Sang H. Chu  ;  Justin Y. Jeon  ;  Mi K. Lee  ;  Jee A. Im  ;  Ji W. Lee 
Citation
 CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY, Vol.77(1) : 47-50, 2012 
Journal Title
CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY
ISSN
 0300-0664 
Issue Date
2012
MeSH
Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Biomarkers/analysis ; Biomarkers/blood ; Body Composition/physiology ; Cardiovascular Diseases/blood ; Cardiovascular Diseases/diagnostic imaging ; Cardiovascular Diseases/etiology ; Chemokines/analysis ; Chemokines/blood* ; Female ; Humans ; Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins ; Intra-Abdominal Fat/diagnostic imaging ; Intra-Abdominal Fat/metabolism ; Intra-Abdominal Fat/pathology* ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Obesity, Abdominal/blood* ; Obesity, Abdominal/complications ; Obesity, Abdominal/diagnosis ; Obesity, Abdominal/diagnostic imaging ; Radiography ; Risk Factors ; Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed ; Young Adult
Keywords
Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Biomarkers/analysis ; Biomarkers/blood ; Body Composition/physiology ; Cardiovascular Diseases/blood ; Cardiovascular Diseases/diagnostic imaging ; Cardiovascular Diseases/etiology ; Chemokines/analysis ; Chemokines/blood* ; Female ; Humans ; Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins ; Intra-Abdominal Fat/diagnostic imaging ; Intra-Abdominal Fat/metabolism ; Intra-Abdominal Fat/pathology* ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Obesity, Abdominal/blood* ; Obesity, Abdominal/complications ; Obesity, Abdominal/diagnosis ; Obesity, Abdominal/diagnostic imaging ; Radiography ; Risk Factors ; Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed ; Young Adult
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Chemerin, a recently discovered adipocytokine, may be linked to obesity and obesity-associated metabolic complications. However, the relationship between visceral fat accumulation and chemerin is still unknown. Therefore, we investigated the relationship between serum chemerin levels and body composition as measured by computed tomography (CT).

PATIENTS: We recruited 173 men and women without histories of diabetes or cardiovascular disease.

MEASUREMENTS: Biomarkers of metabolic risk factors and body composition by computed tomography were assessed. Serum chemerin levels were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

RESULTS: Chemerin levels correlated with body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, abdominal visceral fat area, blood pressure, fasting insulin, homoeostasis model of assessment-insulin resistance, total cholesterol, triglyceride, creatinine, aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase. By stepwise multiple regression analysis, abdominal visceral fat area, blood pressure and total cholesterol levels independently affected chemerin levels.

CONCLUSIONS: Abdominal visceral fat accumulation, blood pressure and lipid profile were significantly associated with serum chemerin levels. Our findings suggest that chemerin may be a mediator that links visceral obesity to cardiovascular risk factors.
Full Text
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2011.04217.x/abstract
DOI
21895733
Appears in Collections:
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Family Medicine (가정의학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
3. College of Nursing (간호대학) > Dept. of Nursing (간호학과) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Lee, Duk Chul(이덕철) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9166-1813
Lee, Ji Won(이지원) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2666-4249
Chu, Sang Hui(추상희) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6877-5599
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/90015
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