The association between leptin concentration and blood coagulation: Results from the NEO study

• Published in: Thrombosis research Vol. 188; pp. 44 - 48
• Main Authors: Buis, D.T.P., Christen, T., Smit, R.A.J., de Mutsert, R., Jukema, J.W., Cannegieter, S.C., Lijfering, W.M., Rosendaal, F.R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2020
• Subjects: Adipose tissue; Blood Coagulation; Blood coagulation factors; Cohort Studies; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Leptin; Male; Middle Aged; Netherlands - epidemiology; Obesity; Venous thrombosis; Netherlands; Venous thrombosis; Adipose tissue; Blood coagulation factors; Leptin; Cohort studies
• ISSN: 0049-3848; 1879-2472
• DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2020.01.021

The adipocyte-derived hormone leptin has been associated with altered blood coagulation in in vitro studies. However, it is unclear whether this association is relevant in vivo and to what extent this association is influenced by total body fat. Therefore, we aimed to examine the association between serum leptin and blood coagulation while taking total body fat into account in a population-based cohort study. We performed a cross-sectional analysis with baseline measurements of 5797 participants of the Netherlands Epidemiology of Obesity (NEO) study, a population-based cohort of middle-aged men and women. We examined associations between serum leptin concentration and coagulation factor concentrations and parameters of platelet activation in linear regression analyses. All analyses were adjusted for multiple covariates, including total body fat. In multivariable adjusted analyses a 1 μg/L higher serum leptin concentration was associated with a 0.22 IU/dL (95% CI: 0.11, 0.32) higher FVIII concentration and a 0.20 IU/dL (95% CI: 0.14, 0.27) higher FIX concentration (3.5 IU/dL FVIII and 3.2 IU/dL FIX per SD leptin). Serum leptin concentration was not associated with FXI, fibrinogen, platelet count, mean platelet volume and platelet distribution width in multivariable adjusted analyses. This study showed that serum leptin concentration was associated with higher concentrations of FVIII and FIX in an observational study, which could be clinically relevant. •Leptin has been associated with altered blood coagulation in in vitro studies.•Previous in vivo studies adjusted for body mass index (BMI) in their analyses and not for total body fat.•We estimated that leptin was associated with higher FVIII and FIX concentrations, conditional on total body fat.•Our results may explain part of the association between obesity and venous thrombosis.