Effects of weight loss and exercise on apelin serum concentrations and adipose tissue expression in human obesity

What Was Tested

The paper reports a study of Apelin in the context of fat loss, obesity & body recomposition, published as a clinical trial.

Who Took Part

The study group was 740 individuals.

The age groups tagged for this paper are adults, both men and women.

Apelin serum concentration was measured in 740 individuals in a cross-sectional (n = 629) study including a subgroup (n = 161) for which omental and SC apelin mRNA expression has been analyzed and in three interventions: 12 weeks exercise (n = 60), 6 months calorie-restricted diet (n = 19), 12 months after bariatric surgery (n = 32).

What Was Measured

Topics PubMed links to this paper include Adiposity, Apelin, Apelin Receptors, Bariatric Surgery, Blood Glucose, Body Mass Index and Caloric Restriction.

What This Means in Plain Language

This is a clinical trial of Apelin in 740 individuals in people with fat loss, obesity & body recomposition.

With several hundred people or more, it is a fairly large study for this kind of research.

Its findings take up roughly 4 sentences of the abstract and are left out here on purpose; the source paper is the place to read them.

The publication is from 2013 (Obesity facts), a journal based in Switzerland.

More context: the Apelin compound page, Fat loss, obesity & body recomposition research.