Abstract:

The current study was carried out to estimate adipose tissue hormones during puberty in obese girls and compare it with control group, in addition to its relationship with the total antioxidants capacity (TAC). The study included 50 females aged 11-15 years from primary and secondary schools located in Nineveh governorate. The study contain 2 groups depending on the body mass index (BMI): The first group included the control group BMI equal to (20.4±0.44) kg/m2 with pubertal age (13.58± 0.16) years and the second group was the obese females group and overweight females BMI equal to (30.14±0.51) kg/m2 with pubertal age (11.38± 0.19) years After obtaining the approval of the parents, this number of females was joined to the study and blood was drawn and serum separated from it for the purpose of conducting the tests under study. The results observed that the group2 showed a significant increase the BMI, TNF-α and Leptin and Vaspin hormones with a significant decrease in the Pubertal age and Adiponectin hormone compared to the group1, in addition to a significant decrease in the TAC of in the second group compared with the control group.

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