Salivary leptin concentrations in Bruneian secondary school children

Objective: To investigate the association between leptin levels and body mass index in Bruneian secondary school students. Methods: The body mass index of Bruneian secondary school students (aged 11–18 years) was determined before collecting their saliva using the passive drool technique. Salivary l...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
Main Authors: Adi Idris, Ahmed Gharib Khamis, Nur Basirah Ghazali, Michael Steele, David Koh, Nik Ani Tuah
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016
Subjects:
Obesity
Saliva
Leptin
Brunei
Adolescents
Body mass index
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apjtb.2016.01.003
https://doaj.org/article/486f599077d148d1a3c7205235fc0757
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Summary:Objective: To investigate the association between leptin levels and body mass index in Bruneian secondary school students. Methods: The body mass index of Bruneian secondary school students (aged 11–18 years) was determined before collecting their saliva using the passive drool technique. Salivary leptin concentration was determined by ELISA. Results: Correlation and partial correlation (controlled for age) analyses showed no significant differences between the levels of salivary leptin of normal weight and overweight students. Conclusions: No significant increase in the salivary leptin concentration was observed in overweight compared with normal weight Bruneian secondary school students.

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