Loss of fat-free mass over four years in adult cystic fibrosis is associated with high serum interleukin-6 levels but not tumour necrosis factor-alpha.

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Title: Loss of fat-free mass over four years in adult cystic fibrosis is associated with high serum interleukin-6 levels but not tumour necrosis factor-alpha.
Creator: King, Susannah.
Creator: Nyulasi, Ibolya.
Creator: Bailey, Michael.
Creator: Kotsimbos, Tom.
Creator: Wilson, John W.
Subject: 1111 (four-digit-FOR)
Subject: 111199 Other Medical and Health Sciences
Date: 2014
Publisher: Elsevier.
Description: First online 24 April 2013
Description: Background & aims: Malnutrition is associated with poorer outcome in cystic fibrosis (CF). This follow-up study aimed to document nutritional status changes, including fat-free mass (FFM), in adults with CF; and to identify predictors of FFM loss. Methods: Fifty-eight non-transplanted CF adults (mean SD forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) 63.7 21.4%predicted; mean SD age 30.3 7.7years at baseline) were studied at baseline and 3.6 0.4 years later. Body composition was measured using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. At follow-up, blood was analysed for interleukin-6 and tumour necrosis factor-a (TNF-a) on three occasions over six months and averaged for each participant. Associations with annual percentage change in FFM (ann%DFFM), including cytokines, CF genotype and annual change in FEV1%predicted (annDFEV1%), were determined. Results: Mean FFM was 49.5 8.8 kg at baseline and 49.6 8.9 kg at follow-up (p ¼ 0.66). Ann%DFFM ranged from 2.0 to þ3.6%. FEV1%predicted declined by 1.2 2.4% per year. Foty percent of participants had elevated average interleukin-6 levels. Ann%DFFM was negatively correlated with interleukin-6 levels (rho 0.34, p ¼ 0.008), but not TNF-a or annDFEV1%. F508DEL homozygote or heterozygote participants had greater FFM loss than those carrying no F508DEL allele (p ¼ 0.01). Conclusion: Higher serum interleukin-6 and presence of the F508DEL mutation, but not TNF-a, were associated with FFM loss in adults with CF.

Digital Object ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2013.04.012
ISSN: 0261-5614
Format: 6 p. (p. 150-155).
Language: en
Type: journal article
Source: Clinical Nutrition, 33(1): 150-155

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