Serum leptin levels in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis
F Szalay, A Folhoffer, A Horvath, T Csak, I Tornai, A Habior, G Speer, Z Nagy, P Lakatos, PL Lakatos · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2004 · Heft 05
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Zusammenfassung
The pathophysiology of osteoporosis (OP) in chronic liver diseases is unknown. Recent data suggest that serum leptin is associated to bone mineral density (BMD). In animal studies leptin was found to be a potent inhibitor of bone formation. Low and also high serum level was reported in patients with chronic liver diseases. We aimed to investigate the relationship between serum leptin levels and BMD in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis. Patients and methods: 90 patients with PBC (each female, mean age: 59.1±SD9.7 years) were included in this study. 81 healthy women served as control (age: 54.3±5.7). Serum l…
