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Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2011 | Volume: 14 | Issue: 5 | Page No.: 344-350
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2011.344.350
Lipid and Hematological Parameters in Hyperleptinemic Healthy Arab Male Youth in Jordan
Mahmoud Abu-Samak, Al-Motassem Yousef, Ahmad Al-Jarie, Hisham Y. Al-Matubsi, Ahmed Abu-zaiton,, Mamoun Al-Quraan and Rula Khuzaie

Abstract: To analyze the influence of hyperleptinemia on fasting lipid and hematological parameters in healthy Arab male youth in Jordan, this cross-sectional study was carried out in April 2009 on a sample of 120 students aged 18-24 years. Subjects were stratified by fasting leptin into two groups (control, <12.7 ng mL-1 vs. hyperleptenimic, e_<12.7 ng mL-1) and BMI (normal weight, <25 kg m-2 vs. overweight/obese, BMI e_<25 kg m-2). Fasting serum leptin, blood glucose, lipid profile and hematological parameters values were determined by standard kit methods. Mean serum leptin concentrations were more than five times as high in hyperleptenemic subjects than in control subjects (p<0.001). Compared with control group, significant elevations (p<0.01) were observed in the means total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels of hyperleptenemic group whereas no significant differences was detected in HDL-cholesterol. Except the changes of WBC count, MCH and slightly MCHC, there were no differences between both groups in any other term of hematological parameters. In conclusion, changes in lipid variables and some hematological parameters may increase plasma viscosity as a step during atherosclerosis pathogenesis in male youth at risk for dyslipidemia and cardiovascular diseases. Thus, hyperleptinemia could be a useful index in identifying healthy youth male subjects but this hypothesis needs further investigation.

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Mahmoud Abu-Samak, Al-Motassem Yousef, Ahmad Al-Jarie, Hisham Y. Al-Matubsi, Ahmed Abu-zaiton,, Mamoun Al-Quraan and Rula Khuzaie, 2011. Lipid and Hematological Parameters in Hyperleptinemic Healthy Arab Male Youth in Jordan. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 14: 344-350.

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