Mousay, K., Rashid, E., Abdel Halim, S., Mahmoud, D. (2023). Serum Leptin Level Assay in Normal and Malnourished Children Aged from One to Five Years. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 90(1), 1444-1447. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2023.282366
Khayri Amhimmid Mousay; Ehab Mahumoud Rashid; Samar Mahmoud Abdel Halim; Dalia Mohamed Gameil Mahmoud. "Serum Leptin Level Assay in Normal and Malnourished Children Aged from One to Five Years". The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 90, 1, 2023, 1444-1447. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2023.282366
Mousay, K., Rashid, E., Abdel Halim, S., Mahmoud, D. (2023). 'Serum Leptin Level Assay in Normal and Malnourished Children Aged from One to Five Years', The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 90(1), pp. 1444-1447. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2023.282366
Mousay, K., Rashid, E., Abdel Halim, S., Mahmoud, D. Serum Leptin Level Assay in Normal and Malnourished Children Aged from One to Five Years. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2023; 90(1): 1444-1447. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2023.282366
Serum Leptin Level Assay in Normal and Malnourished Children Aged from One to Five Years
Background: Leptin may be connected to nutrition, malnutrition, and the control of the energy balance. Objective: This study aimed to assess the relationship between leptin levels and malnutrition status compared to normal nutrition in children aged from 12-60 months. Subjects and methods: This case-control study was carried out on 66 children in the Nutritional Department and Pediatrics Out-patients Clinic of Zagazig University Children Hospital. They were divided into two groups: Group I included 33 cases as normal nutritional status, and Group II included 33 cases with malnutrition status. Results: Between the study groups, there was a statistically significant decrease in serum leptin in malnourished group. Conclusion: The mean value of leptin levels was lower among malnutrition children than normal children.