Serum leptin level and its relation to nutritional status in 29 maintenance hemodialysis patients with chronic renal failure / 中国实用内科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the serum leptin levels of chronic hemodialysis patients and its relation to their nutritional status.Methods Twenty-nine maintenance hemodialysis patients were included in the study.TSF(triceps skin fold),BMI(body mass index) and FAT%(content of fat),lymphocyte count,serum albumin,globulin,total iron binding capacity,BUN,creatinine,cholesterol,triglyceride and leptin were measured.Malnutrition-inflammation score(MIS) was used to assess the patients nutritinal status.Results Levels of leptin were positively correlated with BMI,FAT%,TSF and MIS(P