Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between circulating leptin and knee cartilage thickness in older adults

To investigate cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between serum leptin levels and knee cartilage thickness in older adults. A prospective cohort of 163 randomly selected subjects (mean 63 years, range 52-78, 46% women) was studied. Knee cartilage thickness at medial tibial, lateral tibial, femoral and patellar sites was determined using T1-weighted fat-suppressed MRI. Serum leptin levels were measured by radioimmunoassay. Radiographic osteoarthritis, body fat (%), trunk fat (%), weight and height were measured, and body mass index (BMI) was calculated. Cross-sectionally, serum levels of leptin were negatively associated with femoral (β: -0.013, 95% CI -0.022 to -0.003), medial tibial (β: -0.009, 95% CI -0.018 to -0.001), lateral tibial (β: -0.012, 95% CI -0.021 to -0.003) and patellar (β: -0.014, 95% CI -0.026 to -0.002) cartilage thickness after adjustment for covariates. Moreover, BMI, trunk fat and total body fat were negatively associated with cartilage thickness, and the significant associations disappeared after further adjustment for leptin. Longitudinally, both baseline leptin and change in leptin were associated with greater changes in medial tibial cartilage thickness (β: -0.004, 95% CI -0.007 to -0.001 and β: -0.009, 95% CI -0.018 to -0.001, respectively) in multivariable analyses. Serum levels of leptin are independently and consistently associated with reduced cartilage thickness cross-sectionally and longitudinally. In addition, the associations between adiposity measures and cartilage thickness are mediated by leptin, suggesting leptin may play a key role in cartilage thinning..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:74

Enthalten in:

Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 74(2015), 1, Seite 82-88

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Stannus, Oliver P [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Yuelong [Sonstige Person]
Antony, Benny [Sonstige Person]
Blizzard, Leigh [Sonstige Person]
Cicuttini, Flavia [Sonstige Person]
Jones, Graeme [Sonstige Person]
Ding, Changhai [Sonstige Person]

Links:

Volltext
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

BKL:

44.83

Themen:

Aged
Analysis
Cartilage, Articular - pathology
Femur - pathology
Health aspects
Knee
Knee Joint - pathology
Knee joint
Leptin
Leptin - blood
Obesity - blood
Obesity - pathology
Osteoarthritis, Knee - blood
Osteoarthritis, Knee - pathology
Patella - pathology
Research
Serum
Tibia - pathology

RVK:

RVK Klassifikation

doi:

10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-203308

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1965530818