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- Title
Relation of leptin, ghrelin and inflammatory cytokines with body mass index in pulmonary tuberculosis patients with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus.
- Authors
Zheng, Ying; Ma, Aiguo; Wang, Qiuzhen; Han, Xiuxia; Cai, Jing; Schouten, Evert G; Kok, Frans J; Li, Yunchun
- Abstract
Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) patients often suffer from anorexia and poor nutrition, causing weight loss. The peptide hormones leptin and its counterpart ghrelin, acting in the regulation of food intake and fat utilization, play an important role in nutritional balance. This study aimed to investigate the association of blood concentrations of leptin, ghrelin and inflammatory cytokines with body mass index (BMI) in TB patients with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
- Publication
PloS one, 2013, Vol 8, Issue 11, pe80122
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0080122