Measuring the levels of leptin and serotonin associated with obesity in adult men in Hilla City, Iraq
Joint Authors
Ibrahim, Nuran Jamil
al-Aridi, Ghadir Hamid
Source
Journal of Babylon University : Journal of Applied and Pure Sciences
Issue
Vol. 27, Issue 5 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.135-144, 10 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2019-12-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objective: The purpose of this study is to estimate the serum level leptin and serotonin in adult men according to the characteristics of anthropometric measurements as well as to investigate its relationship with leptin and serotonin levels.
Methods and procedures: This study included ninety-eight adult men volunteers, whose ages ranged between (20-50) years.
The blood samples were taken between 8:30 and10:30 o'clock in morning.
The ELISA kit has been used to assay the serum levels of leptin and serotonin hormones.
The research population has been classified according to the anthropometric measurements, such as; the body mass index (BMI), the waist circumference (WC) and the percentage of body fat (BF%) which is calculated by a special formula.
The results showed a significant increase (p<0.01) in the serum level of leptin hormone in obese groups in a comparison with the control groups, whereas there is a significant decreased (p<0.05) in the serum level of serotonin hormone in obese groups compared to the control groups.
Furthermore, a significant negative correlation (p<0.03) between the serum leptin and serotonin is noticed.
Conclusion: we concluded that there is a negative correlation between the serotonin (5- hydroxy tryptamine ,5-HT) hormone and obesity, for whenever the obesity increases, the level of the serotonin in the blood decreases.
The leptin hormone, on the other hand, has a positive correlation with obesity.
Therefore, the correlation between these two hormones is negative.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Aridi, Ghadir Hamid& Ibrahim, Nuran Jamil. 2019. Measuring the levels of leptin and serotonin associated with obesity in adult men in Hilla City, Iraq. Journal of Babylon University : Journal of Applied and Pure Sciences،Vol. 27, no. 5, pp.135-144.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1315081
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Aridi, Ghadir Hamid& Ibrahim, Nuran Jamil. Measuring the levels of leptin and serotonin associated with obesity in adult men in Hilla City, Iraq. Journal of Babylon University : Journal of Applied and Pure Sciences Vol. 27, no. 5 (2019), pp.135-144.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1315081
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Aridi, Ghadir Hamid& Ibrahim, Nuran Jamil. Measuring the levels of leptin and serotonin associated with obesity in adult men in Hilla City, Iraq. Journal of Babylon University : Journal of Applied and Pure Sciences. 2019. Vol. 27, no. 5, pp.135-144.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1315081
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 142-144
Record ID
BIM-1315081