Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, KFU
KAZAN
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY
 
IMPACT OF BMI ON IL-6 AND IL-18 LEVELS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH ASTHMA.
Form of presentationArticles in international journals and collections
Year of publication2025
Языканглийский
  • Kubysheva Nailya Iskhakovna, author
  • Eliseeva Tatyana , author
  • Geppe Natalia , author
  • Karpenko Maxim , author
  • Khaletskaya Olga , author
  • Khramova Regina , author
  • Krasilnikova Svetlana , author
  • Ovsyannikov Dmitry , author
  • Tush Elena , author
  • Bibliographic description in the original language Khramova R. N., Tush E. V., Eliseeva T. I., Ovsyannikov D. Y., Krasilnikova S. V., Karpenko M. A., Geppe N. A., Kubysheva N. I., Khaletskaya O. V. (2025). Impact of BMI on IL-6 and IL-18 levels in children and adolescents with asthma. Exploration of Medicine, 6, 1001338.
    Annotation Aim: To study the effect of body mass index (BMI) on interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-18 levels in children and adolescents with bronchial asthma (BA), taking into account the presence or absence of bronchial obstruction. Methods: A single-center observational cross-sectional pilot study was conducted. Eighty-six patients with BA aged from 8 to 17 years were studied. Anthropometric and spirometric parameters and IL-6, IL-18 levels were assessed. The study participants were divided into 2 groups: 1—patients with normal body weight (BW), 2—overweight/obese. Results: The serum levels of IL-6 and IL-18 were statistically significantly higher in overweight/obese patients than in normal BW patients, being 1.18 [0.10; 3.27] pg/mL vs. 0.52 [0.10; 1.34] pg/mL, P = 0.036 and 251.0 [207.0; 346.0] pg/mL vs. 208.0 [134.0; 293.0] pg/mL, P = 0.012, respectively. Statistically significant direct correlations of IL-6 and IL-18 with z BMI were obtained in the total group: R = 0.35, P = 0.001; R = 0.37, P = 0.002, respectively. In the overweight/obese group, IL-6 and IL-18 levels were statistically significantly higher in patients with obstruction [z forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1)/forced vital capacity (FVC) < –1.645 z] than in patients without obstruction (z FEV1/FVC > –1.645 z), respectively: 1.74 [1.10; 5.41] pg/mL vs. 0.59 [0.50; 1.48] pg/mL, P = 0.026 for IL-6 and 298.50 [207.00; 425.00] pg/mL vs. 234.50 [207.00; 300.00] pg/mL, P = 0.046 for IL-18. Conclusions: In patients with BA and overweight/obese, but not in patients with BA and normal BW, the presence of bronchial obstruction is associated with higher serum levels of IL-6, IL-18. This may indicate the involvement of these ILs in the genesis of bronchial obstruction in patients with BA and overweight/obese.
    Keywords Asthma, children, overweight, obesity, IL-6, IL-18
    The name of the journal Exploration of Medicine
    URL https://www.explorationpub.com/Journals/em/Article/1001338
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