O Saleh
Iraq
Research Article
Descriptive Consideration of Serum Irisin Levels Various Factors: Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Pre-Diabetic Status, Gender, and Athletics
Author(s): O Saleh, Maysaa J Majeed and Ghassan M OreabyO Saleh, Maysaa J Majeed and Ghassan M Oreaby
Aim: Recently obesity, has become the main risk for a number of conditions and metabolic syndrome including type 2 diabetes (T2DM). The aims of this study were to assess whether irisin can bring out the missing circle between increasing physical activity and weight reduction.
Methods: 108 subjects were chosen to matched with 76 diabetic patients in age and BMI, both groups were divided into subgroups according to their BMI. 22 healthy athlete men were also involved in the study. Results: The mean (± SD) value of serum irisin concentrations of obese healthy individuals was the highest concentration (p=0.015) in comparison with normal and overweight healthy individuals. The more recent observation which describe irisin as adipokine factor (willing myokine source), irisin levels were examine pursuant to gender, obese women .. View More»
