Study on the level of peripheral serum glial-derived neurotrophic factor in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the changes of peripheral serum glial-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) levels in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder(ADHD),and to provide a new mark-er for early identification of ADHD in clinical practice. Methods Totally 42 drug-naive children with ADHD(ADHD group) and 45 healthy children(HC group) were included. General demographic informa-tion,scale scores,and fasting peripheral serum GDNF levels were compared between the two groups. Mean-while,the correlation between GDNF level and symptom severity score of children with ADHD was analyzed. Results There were significant differences in FSIQ,attention deficit, and hyperactivity/impulsivity scores between ADHD group and HC group(FSIQ(105. 26±13. 82) vs (114. 73±9. 93); attention deficit(23. 60± 5. 06) vs (20. 04±2. 85); hyperactivity/impulsivity(19. 43±3. 47) vs (15. 93±2. 42),all P<0. 05). Serum level of GDNF in the ADHD patients was significant lower than that in the HC group ((442. 52± 70. 01) pg/ml vs (554. 02±101. 37)pg/ml,P<0. 01). In addition,GDNF levels were negatively correlated with at-tention deficit scores in children with ADHD (radj=-0. 447,P<0. 01). More importantly,ROC curve results show that GDNF had good diagnostic value (AUC=0. 81). Conclusion GDNF levels decreased child with ADHD. Decreased serum GDNF levels have certain promising value in the diagnosis of ADHD.