Leptin’s concentration in tears and dry eye: a clinical observational study
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Xue-Min Li. Peking University Third Hospital, No. 49, North Garden Street, Beijing 100191, China. 13911254862@163.com

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    AIM: To investigate the concentration of leptin in tears and its correlation with dry eye symptoms and signs. METHODS: The study enrolled individuals (n=39) responding to an advertising or dry eye patients (n=58) from the Ophthalmology Department. Tear samples were collected for leptin concentration measuring. Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI), tear meniscus height (TMH), tear break up time (TBUT), cornea fluorescein staining, Schirmer test (ST) and impression cytology (IC) were assessed. Leptin concentration in tears of dry eye patients and healthy controls, and its correlation with clinical features of dry eye disease (DED) were analyzed. RESULTS: Age, body mass index (BMI), OSDI scores and cornea fluorescein staining scores showed a negative correlation with leptin concentration in tears (r=-0.340, P=0.001; r=-0.332, P=0.001; r=-0.258, P=0.011; r=-0.424, P<0.001, respectively). ST showed positive correlation with leptin concentration in tears (r=0.206, P=0.045). No significant difference was observed in leptin concentration between dry eye patients and controls (P=0.682). Multivariate linear regression analysis revealed that dry eye, OSDI, corneal fluorescein staining scores and ST correlated with leptin concentration in tears. CONCLUSION: This is the first study measuring leptin concentration in tears. The correlation between leptin concentration and DED symptoms and signs reveal that leptin level correlated with the dry eye, potentially contributing to repair of ocular damage and dry eye improvement.

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Ran Hao, Yan Liu, Xue-Min Li. Leptin’s concentration in tears and dry eye: a clinical observational study. Int J Ophthalmol, 2021,14(1):83-88

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  • Received:December 23,2019
  • Revised:July 27,2020
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  • Online: November 19,2020
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