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Interplay of Serum Leptin, Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha, and Testosterone in Overweight-Related Hypertensive Men

Version 1 : Received: 18 June 2023 / Approved: 21 June 2023 / Online: 21 June 2023 (08:43:46 CEST)

How to cite: Alaamri, S.; Serafi, A.S.; Hussain, Z.; Bafail, S.K.; Bafail, M.A.; Demirkhanyan, L.H.; Gondi, C.S.; Sohail, S. Interplay of Serum Leptin, Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha, and Testosterone in Overweight-Related Hypertensive Men. Preprints 2023, 2023061479. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.1479.v1 Alaamri, S.; Serafi, A.S.; Hussain, Z.; Bafail, S.K.; Bafail, M.A.; Demirkhanyan, L.H.; Gondi, C.S.; Sohail, S. Interplay of Serum Leptin, Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha, and Testosterone in Overweight-Related Hypertensive Men. Preprints 2023, 2023061479. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.1479.v1

Abstract

Hypertension (HT) is a very common risk factor and a frequent cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide mainly due to much increase in overweight (OW) and obesity that manifests in various forms of cardiovascular disease (CVD). There are a number of factors that may cause overweight hypertension (OHT). However, we planned to conduct the present work to study the HT and OHT men for finding the variation, interrelationship and association of important cytokines mainly serum leptin (Lep) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), serum testosterone (ST), total cholesterol (TC) and inflammatory status by measuring interleukin-6 (IL-6). Three groups of subjects, the normal controls (NC; n:98; age range: 51-60 years), HT (n: 97; age range: 51-60 years) subjects, and OHT (n: 97; age range: 51-60 years) subjects were studied. Comparisons for Lep, ST, TNF-α, IL-6 and TC levels for the subject groups showed significant variations. The ST indicated significant difference only for NC vs. OHT. The IL-6 gave significant difference for NC vs. OHT and HT vs. OHT. The one-way ANOVA showed significant difference among groups for BMI, TC, IL-6, TNF-α, ST and Lep levels. Significant positive linear correlation for all groups among Lep, TNF-α, IL-6 and TC were found. The ST against TC for HT and OHT groups presented non-significant negative linear correlations. The ST showed significant negative linear correlation with other variables. Conclusively, the present study uncovers the interactive impact of serum leptin, TNF-α, testosterone, total cholesterol and IL-6 in hypertensive and overweight-related hypertensive men.

Keywords

Hypertension; overweight-related hypertension; serum leptin; TNF-α, testosterone; total cholesterol; IL-6

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems

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