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Leptin and its association with somatic depressive symptoms in patients with the metabolic syndrome.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to determine the association between circulating leptin levels and total depressive symptoms as well as depressive symptom dimensions (cognitive and somatic) after controlling for important confounding factors.The study sample was comprised of 135 participants with the metabolic syndrome. Depressive symptoms were measured using the Beck Depression Inventory-II. Leptin was measured using a leptin-specific enzyme immunoassay. Inflammation was assessed using C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 levels.Leptin was significantly associated with somatic depressive symptoms (??=?0.33, P?=?0.018), but not total depressive symptoms (??=?0.27, P?=?0.067) or cognitive depressive symptoms (??=?0.21, P?=?0.182), after controlling for age, gender, body mass index, and insulin resistance. Further adjustment for C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 levels did not alter the relationship (??=?0.32, P?=?0.023) between circulating leptin levels and somatic depressive symptoms.Leptin is independently associated with somatic depressive symptoms in patients with the metabolic syndrome.

SUBMITTER: Chirinos DA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3696025 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Leptin and its association with somatic depressive symptoms in patients with the metabolic syndrome.

Chirinos Diana A DA Goldberg Ronald R Gellman Marc M Mendez Armando J AJ Gutt Miriam M McCalla Judith R JR Llabre Maria M MM Schneiderman Neil N

Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine 20130801 1

<h4>Background</h4>This study aimed to determine the association between circulating leptin levels and total depressive symptoms as well as depressive symptom dimensions (cognitive and somatic) after controlling for important confounding factors.<h4>Methods</h4>The study sample was comprised of 135 participants with the metabolic syndrome. Depressive symptoms were measured using the Beck Depression Inventory-II. Leptin was measured using a leptin-specific enzyme immunoassay. Inflammation was ass ...[more]

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Project description:BackgroundSeveral studies point to a correlation between obesity and the severity of depressive and anxiety symptoms in children and adults, but there are still some controversial points about this association. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between body composition and the severity of anxiety/depressive symptoms in overweight and obese individuals with Metabolic Syndrome (MS).MethodsFifty patients, 18-50 years old, overweight or obese and with the diagnosis of MS based on the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) criteria were selected for this study. Body composition was evaluated using Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA). Depressive symptoms were evaluated using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-Depression) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Anxiety symptoms were evaluated using HADS-Anxiety.ResultsNo correlation was found between depressive symptoms (HADS-Depression or BDI) and Body Mass Index (BMI) (r = 0.01; p = 0.94 and r = -0.12, p = 0.38; respectively), Waist Circumference (WC) (r = -0.06, p = 0.67 and r = -0.22, p = 0.12; respectively), and Waist-to-Hip Ratio (WHR) (r = -0.12, p = 0.40 and r = -0.17, p = 0.23; respectively). Additionally, no correlation was found among anxiety symptoms (HADS-Anxiety) and BMI (r = -0.15, p = 0.27), and WHR (r = -0.17, p = 0.24). In contrast, a significant correlation was found between percentage of total fat (DXA) and HADS-Depression (r = 0.34, p = 0.019) and HADS-Anxiety (r = 0.30, p = 0.039). Additionally, an inverse and strong correlation was found between lean mass (in grams) and HADS-Depression (r = -0.42, p = 0.004), HADS anxiety (r = -0.57, p < 0.0001), and BDI (r = -0.44, p = 0.026).ConclusionsIn individuals with MS, the percentage of body fat, and not central fat, BMI, WC, or WHR, was associated with an increased severity of anxiety and depressive symptoms. In contrast, total lean mass was strongly associated with fewer anxiety/depressive symptoms, suggesting that body composition might be related to psychiatric comorbidity in overweight individuals with MS.

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Leptin and its association with somatic depressive symptoms in patients with the metabolic syndrome.

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Leptin and its association with somatic depressive symptoms in patients with the metabolic syndrome.

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