The Relationship between Eating Disorders and ICAM-1, E-selection and Ghrelin Resting Level in Overweight People

• Main Author: Gholamreza Sharifi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2014-11-01
• Series: International Journal of Pediatrics
• Subjects: Eating disorders; E-selection; Ghrelin; ICAM-1
• Online Access: http://ijp.mums.ac.ir/pdf_3531_b190452b02dd8be3e50a55e005ecd9cb.html

Introduction There is an agreement that eating disorder is related to psychological characteristics and on the other hand, level of ghrelin hormone, Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and E-selection also change during eating disorders. We aimed to study the relationship between eating disorders and rest levels, ICAM-1, E-selection, and ghrelin hormone in obese people. Materials and Methods  In this quasi-experimental study, 120 obese men (25-30 years old) were purposefully selected. Then the data about their eating disorders gathered with eating attitudes test (EAT-26) questionnaire. In the next phase in the rest condition and after overnight fasting, blood samples are collected for measurement of rest levels, ICAM-1, E-selection, and ghrelin hormone. Finally the data were analyzed with appropriate statistical tests in SPSS version 18. Results Mean and deviation of rest levels, ICAM-1, E-selection, and ghrelin hormone were respectively 3064.19, 61.5±19.7, and 2.5±1.5 and there was not any statistical significance relationship between eating disorders ICAM-1, E-selection, and ghrelin hormone in obese men (P