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ArticleEndocrine2017

Fetuin-A, adiposity-linked insulin resistance and responsiveness to an educational-based weight excess reduction program: a population-based survey in prepubertal schoolchildren.

Giuseppe Murdolo, Cristina Tortoioli, Federica Celi, Vittorio Bini, Francesco Papi, Annalisa Brozzetti, Alberto Falorni

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Article in Endocrine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Giuseppe MurdoloDepartment of Internal Medicine, Assisi Hospital, Assisi, Perugia, Italy. gmurdolo@tiscali.it.
Cristina TortoioliDepartment of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
Federica CeliDepartment of Pediatrics, Neonatology Intensive Care, Azienda Ospedaliera S. Maria, Terni, Italy.
Vittorio BiniDepartment of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
Francesco PapiDepartment of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
Annalisa BrozzettiDepartment of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
Alberto FalorniDepartment of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
University of Perugia · ITAzienda Ospedaliera S.Maria · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The secreted hepatokine fetuin-A emerges as an independent predictor of type 2 diabetes in adulthood. The overall aims of this study were: (1) to investigate the associations of fetuin-A with adiposity and insulin resistance, as well as its relationship with adipokines, in prepubertal children, and, (2) to evaluate whether, in prepubertal obesity, serum fetuin-A levels may either change or predict the responsiveness to an educational-based weight excess reduction program. We studied 200 prepubertal children (boys/girls: 89/111; Tanner stage 1; age: 5-13 years), included in a cohort of 44,231 adolescents who participated in an extensive Italian school-based survey. According to Cole's criteria, 100 individuals were lean (boys/girls: 57/43) and 100 obese (boys/girls: 54/46). A subset of 53 obese individuals (boys/girls: 28/25; age: 6-12 years) were also evaluated after a weight excess reduction program. Serum fetuin-A, leptin, total and high molecular weight adiponectin levels, as well as homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance were assessed. When compared with lean, obese children exhibited higher ( p < 0.0001) fetuin-A concentrations, without differences between sex. Fetuin-A was positively associated with adiposity, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance, and leptin levels. In multivariate analysis, the associations between fetuin-A and leptin or homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance lost the significance after adjustment for BMI

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Weight Reduction ProgramsAdiponectinAdiposityAdolescentalpha-2-HS-GlycoproteinChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansInsulin ResistanceLeptinMaleObesityTreatment OutcomeAdiponectinalpha-2-HS-GlycoproteinLeptinAdipokinesChildhood obesityFetuin-AInsulin resistanceWeight loss

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