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Trial reportScientific reports2015

Cardiotrophin-1 is inversely associated with obesity in non-diabetic individuals.

Hao-Chang Hung, Feng-Hwa Lu, Hung-Tsung Wu, Horng-Yih Ou, Yi-Ching Yang, Jin-Shang Wu, Chih-Jen Chang

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Trial report in Scientific reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hao-Chang HungDivision of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
Feng-Hwa LuDepartment of Family Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
Hung-Tsung WuDepartment of Family Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
Horng-Yih OuDivision of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
Yi-Ching YangDepartment of Family Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
Jin-Shang WuDepartment of Family Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
Chih-Jen ChangDepartment of Family Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
National Cheng Kung University Hospital · TWNational Cheng Kung University · TW

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiotrophin-1 is known to be a key regulator of energy homeostasis, as well as glucose and lipid metabolism in vivo. However, there are inconsistent results of the association between cardiotrophin-1 and obesity in humans, possibly confounded by hyperglycemia. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the relationships among cardiotrophin-1 levels, overweight and obese individuals without diabetes in a Chinese population. The median (inter-quarter range) serum cardiotrophin-1 levels were 447.9 (230.9, 913.9), 350.6 (201.1, 666.5), and 288.1 (162.3, 572.4) pg/ml in non-diabetic subjects who were of normal weight (n = 522), overweight (n = 203), and obese (n = 93), respectively (trend test p < 0.001). Subjects who were overweight and obese had significantly lower cardiotrophin-1 levels than those with normal weight. The multivariate linear regression analyses showed that overweight (beta = -338.718, 95% CI = -552.786 ~ -124.651, p < 0.01), obese (beta = -530.275, 95% CI = -832.967 ~ -227.583, p < 0.01), and smoking (beta = -377.375, 95% CI = -654.353 ~ -100.397, p < 0.01) were negatively related to cardiotrophin-1 after adjusting for age, gender, HOMA-IR, hypertension, total cholesterol, HDL, triglyceride, eGFR, ALT, and alcohol drinking. The results of this study provided epidemiological evidence that non-diabetic subjects who were overweight or obesity had significantly lower cardiotrophin-1 concentrations than those with normal weight, and both obesity and being overweight were inversely associated with cardiotrophin-1 levels.

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AdultAge FactorsChinaCytokinesDiabetes MellitusFemaleHumansLipidsMaleMiddle AgedObesityRisk Factorscardiotrophin 1CytokinesLipids

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