Wolde Mistire, Berhe Nega, Medhin Girmay, Chala Feyissa, van Die Irma, Tsegaye Aster
Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Health Science, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Microbiol Insights. 2019 May 22;12:1178636119849934. doi: 10.1177/1178636119849934. eCollection 2019.
BACKGROUND: Recent animal and retrospective human studies have demonstrated that infection may have potential to protect against development of metabolic syndromes. Thus, the aim of this study was to assess metabolic panel among egg positives and egg negatives in stool examinations. This study was a cross-sectional study, conducted involving 120 participants from endemic town (Kemise) and 61 from non-endemic town (Kombolcha), Northeast Ethiopia. Stool samples were collected and examined for and other helminths using Kato-Katz method. Furthermore, blood samples were collected and used for determination of blood sugar, lipid profile tests, insulin, and C-reactive protein. Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 20. Chi-square test, independent mean t-test, and logistic regression models were employed on data. values less than .05 were considered as statistically significant. RESULTS: infected participants (n = 41; all from Kemise) had significantly lower levels of fasting blood sugar, low prevalence of dyslipidemia (at least one or more abnormal lipid profile tests; total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol [LDL-C], high-density lipoprotein cholesterol [HDL-C], and triglycerides) as compared with controls (n = 79 in Kemise and 61 in Kombolcha). Moreover, logistic regression model indicated that with the adjusted odds ratios, there was significant inverse association between infection and impaired fasting glucose (adjusted odds ratio -0.181, 95% confidence interval: 0.042-0.774). CONCLUSIONS: Low fasting blood sugar and reduced prevalence of dyslipidemia in egg positive participants might suggest inverse association of infection and development of metabolic syndromes. Furthermore, large-scale studies are recommended to assess the role of egg and/or worm antigens in modulating the host metabolic profile and reducing the risk of metabolic syndromes, including diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases.
背景:近期的动物研究和回顾性人体研究表明,感染可能具有预防代谢综合征发生的潜力。因此,本研究旨在评估粪便检查中虫卵阳性和阴性者的代谢指标。本研究为横断面研究,涉及埃塞俄比亚东北部流行城镇(凯米塞)的120名参与者和非流行城镇(孔博尔查)的61名参与者。收集粪便样本,采用加藤厚涂片法检测蛔虫及其他蠕虫。此外,采集血液样本用于测定血糖、血脂、胰岛素和C反应蛋白。使用SPSS 20.0软件进行数据分析。对数据采用卡方检验、独立样本t检验和逻辑回归模型。P值小于0.05被认为具有统计学意义。 结果:感染蛔虫的参与者(n = 41;均来自凯米塞)空腹血糖水平显著较低,血脂异常患病率较低(至少一项或多项血脂指标异常;总胆固醇、低密度脂蛋白胆固醇[LDL-C]、高密度脂蛋白胆固醇[HDL-C]和甘油三酯),与对照组(凯米塞79例,孔博尔查61例)相比。此外,逻辑回归模型显示,调整比值比后,蛔虫感染与空腹血糖受损之间存在显著负相关(调整比值比-0.181,95%置信区间:0.042-0.774)。 结论:虫卵阳性参与者空腹血糖低和血脂异常患病率降低可能提示蛔虫感染与代谢综合征的发生呈负相关。此外,建议开展大规模研究以评估蛔虫卵和/或蠕虫抗原在调节宿主代谢谱及降低包括糖尿病和心血管疾病在内的代谢综合征风险方面的作用。
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