Abnormal leptin bioavailability in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: an important new finding

• Published in: Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) Vol. 37; no. 7; p. 599
• Main Authors: Liu, Zhen, Tam, Elisa M S, Sun, Guang-Quan, Lam, Tsz-Ping, Zhu, Ze-Zheng, Sun, Xu, Lee, Kwong-Man, Ng, Tzi-Bun, Qiu, Yong, Cheng, Jack C Y, Yeung, Hiu-Yan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.04.2012
• Subjects: Adolescent; Anthropometry; Body Height - physiology; Body Weight - physiology; Child; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Leptin - blood; Receptors, Leptin - blood; Scoliosis - blood

This was a cross-sectional study. The present study aimed to explore the differences in leptin bioavailability between adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) and healthy age-matched girls in a Chinese Han population. AIS is a common spinal deformity mainly occurring in girls during the peripubertal p...