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ArticleJIMD reports2013

Leptin levels in children and adults with classic galactosaemia.

Ina Knerr, Karen P Coss, Peter P Doran, Joanne Hughes, Nick Wareham, Keith Burling, Eileen P Treacy

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Article in JIMD reports, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02218632 (Galactosaemia, a Modifiable Multi-system Glycosylation Disorder?), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Galactosaemia, a Modifiable Multi-system Glycosylation Disorder?

TypeinterventionalSponsorChildren's University Hospital, IrelandRan2012 to 2014Enrolled26ConditionsClassical GalactosaemiaArmslactose-free diet, Temporary oral galactose supplements
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7 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Ina KnerrNational Centre for Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Children's University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin, Ireland. ina.knerr@cuh.ie.
Karen P CossUniversity College Dublin, Clinical Research Centre, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Peter P DoranUniversity College Dublin, Clinical Research Centre, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Joanne HughesNational Centre for Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Children's University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin, Ireland.
Nick WarehamMedical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
Keith BurlingCore Biochemical Assay Laboratory, Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge, UK.
Eileen P TreacyNational Centre for Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Children's University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin, Ireland.
Mater Misericordiae University Hospital · IETemple Street Children's University Hospital · IEMedical Research Council · GBTrinity College Dublin · IEUniversity of Cambridge · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Among the long-term complications of Classic Galactosaemia (Gal) is premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) in female patients with subtle abnormalities of reproductive function also reported in male patients. Leptin is a circulating hormone which reflects body energy stores and which affects the neuroendocrine reproductive axis and pubertal development.We measured serum leptin in 28 children (10 girls, 18 boys; mean age 7.6 years, range 0.5-17.9 years) and in 22 adults (10 females, 12 males; mean age 23.9 years, range 18-37 years) with Gal on a strict galactose-restricted diet in comparison with control data.Leptin levels (expressed as SDS for gender and pubertal stage) were lower in Gal children than controls (mean leptin-SDS = -0.71 for girls, p < 0.05, -0.97 for boys compared with SDS = 0 for controls, p < 0.05). In an age-related analysis, leptin levels did not correlate with age in children with Gal for both sexes as it did for matched controls.As expected, females had higher leptin levels than males in either group. In adults with Gal, leptin concentrations were within normal limits for both sexes when adjusted for gender and BMI. There was a linear relationship between log-leptin and BMI in children with Gal and in controls. For Gal women, log-leptin was also associated with BMI. However, for Gal men, and hence for the entire group of adult Gal patients, this association between log-leptin and BMI was not detectable. Our findings suggest that leptin dysregulation may play a role in fertility issues in individuals with Gal from an early age.

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PMCPMC3565669
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