A comparison between metabolic syndrome post-hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and spontaneously occurring metabolic syndrome.

L. Airaghi, P. Usardi, S. Forti, A. Orsatti, M. Baldini, C. Annaloro, G. Lambertenghi Deliliers

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Abstract

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is used in the treatment of several hematological and non-hematological disorders. An increasing number of long-term survivors recover from their primary disease, but they are at risk of adverse late effects, including metabolic syndrome (MS), which seems to be common in long-term survivors of HSCT. To compare common metabolic parameters and adipohormone profiles in post-transplant and spontaneously occurring or "classic" MS patients. Post-transplant MS patients (15 women and 14 men; 49.8±9.3 yr) were compared to "classic" MS patients (15 women and 14 men; 52.9±8.0 yr). For each subject a record of conventional clinical parameters was made; moreover, serum leptin, insulin, quantitative C-reactive protein (CRP), tumor necrosis factor-α [TNF-α], and adiponectin concentrations were measured. The patients with post-HSCT MS had significantly higher levels of leptin, CRP, and TNF-α than the patients with "classic" MS. A generalized linear model comprising serum insulin (p=0.022), body mass index (p

Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Endocrinological Investigation
Volume34
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2011

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Endocrinology

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