RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LIPID PROFILE AND VITAMIN D IN OBESE ADOLESCENTS WITH HYPOTHALAMIC DYSFUNCTION
O.V. Bolshova, T.M. Malinovska, D.A. Kvachenyuk, N.A. Sprinchuk, I.V. Lukashuk, V.G. Pakhomova, V.A. Muz
State Institution “V.P. Komisarenko Institute of Endocrinology
and Metabolism of the National Academy of Medical Sciences
of Ukraine”, Kyiv, Ukraine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/fz71.01.012

Abstract
Vitamin D deficiency is quite common in pediatric practice,
including in overweight/obese patients. Hypothalamic
dysfunction in children and adolescents is characterized by
excess body weight(BW)/obesity of various degrees, and
cardiovascular disorders. Several studies demonstrate an
inverse relationship between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D
(25OH)D levels and obesity and insulin resistance. The aim
of our study was to examine the relationship between vitamin
D status and lipid profile in adolescents with hypothalamic
dysfunction and overweight/obesity. 87 children and
adolescents with hypothalamic dysfunction (40 boys and 47
girls) were examined. 39 patients (44.8%) were overweight; 23 (26.4%), 16 (18.4%) and 9 (10.4%) people had obesity of
the Ist, 2dn, and 3rd degree, respectively. Hypovitaminosis D
was established in 88.5% of patients. A comparative analysis of
serum 25(OH)D depending on the severity of obesity showed
a decrease in its level in patients with excess BW - 69.30 ±
5.14 nmol/l and 1st-degree obesity – 52.60 ± 4.17 nmol/l
and significant vitamin D deficiency in persons with the 2nd
and 3rd-degree obesity (36.20 ± 3.75 nmol/l, 23.10 ± 3.12
nmol/l, respectively). It has been shown that a decrease in
serum 25(OH)D levels is associated with a decrease in HDLC levels, while levels of total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides,
LDL-C, and the atherogenicity index reliably increase. The
relationship between the levels of vitamin D and the HOMAIR, and leptin and insulin levels is shown. In patients with
hypothalamic dysfunction and excess BW/obesity, body mass
index is likely to be associated with serum 25(OH)D. The most
significant changes in lipid fractions were observed in patients
with 3rd-degree obesity, who had the lowest serum 25(OH)
D. In patients with hypothalamic dysfunction, an increase in
the atherogenicity index and triglyceride levels is observed,
corresponding to the rise in obesity degree and a decrease
of serum 25(OH)D. It was established that in patients with
hypothalamic dysfunction against the background of vitamin
D deficiency, there is a reliable increase in the level of TC and
HDL-C to the control group in the 3rd degree of obesity and
a reliable decrease in HDL-C in the 2nd and 3rd degree of
obesity. An increase in leptin and insulin levels occurs already
under excess BW, and their levels prolong the increase with
increasing obesity degree and vitamin D deficiency. Against
the background of hypovitaminosis D, the levels of leptin and
insulin in patients with hypothalamic dysfunction exceed the
normative indicators by 3.5-7 times with 2nd degree of obesity
and 3.5-4 times – with 3rd degree of obesity. In adolescents
with hypothalamic dysfunction, a reliable increase (by 2-6
times) of the HOMA-IR is observed in parallel with an increase
in the degree of obesity and vitamin D deficiency.
Keywords:
vitamin D; lipid profile; leptin; insulin; insulin resistance index; hypothalamic dysfunction; obesity; adolescents.
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