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CompletedNCT03724825

Correlation of Serum Adropin to Testosterone and Adiponectin in Obese Men

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
82 (actual)
Sponsor
Aswan University Hospital · Academic / Other
Sex
Male
Age
18 Years – 50 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

Summary

Obesity is associated with low testosterone in men and with dyslipidemia. Adropin hormone is negatively correlated with body mass index and is associated with dyslipidemia. correlation between adropin and testosterone will be evaluated.

Detailed description

Obesity, a worldwide epidemic is associated with multiple adverse health outcome as diabetes mellitus, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases caused mainly by dyslipidemia linked to obesity. Low testosterone levels in obese men were found associated with dyslipidemia. Adropin is a new metabolic hormone that was first isolated in liver and brain tissues, It was observed that mice fed on a high-fat diet (HFD) had a rapid increase in adropin expression compared to control values. In human also, adropin levels were negatively correlated with body mass index (BMI) and were associated with dyslipidemia. Adiponectin is a protein that is mainly produced by white adipose tissue and has an important role in lipid metabolism. Serum adiponectin concentrations were decreased in obese compared to normal weight men and significantly correlated with testosterone level.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DIAGNOSTIC_TESTlipid profile: Total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), low density lipoprotein (LDL) and high density lipoprotein (HDL))blood samples will be collected after 10 hours fasting
DIAGNOSTIC_TESTTotal testosteroneblood samples will be collected after 10 hours fasting
DIAGNOSTIC_TESTAdropinblood samples will be collected after 10 hours fasting
DIAGNOSTIC_TESTAdiponectinblood samples will be collected after 10 hours fasting

Timeline

Start date
2018-12-01
Primary completion
2019-11-29
Completion
2020-01-07
First posted
2018-10-30
Last updated
2022-03-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03724825. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.