Relationship of salivary adipocytokines, diet quality, physical activity, and nutrition status in adult Emirati females in United Arab Emirates

• Published in: Diabetes & metabolic syndrome clinical research & reviews 2019-01, Vol.13 (1), p.40-46
• Main Authors: Attlee, Amita, Hasan, Hayder, AlQattan, Afra, Sarhan, Nada, Alshammari, Razan, Ali, Shaikha, Nabil, Maryam, Alattrash, Alaa, Raigangar, Veena, Madkour, Mohamed, Unnikannan, Hema, Awadallah, Samir
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Diet quality; Obesity; Physical activity; Salivary adipocytokines; United Arab Emirates
• ISSN: 1871-4021; 1878-0334
• DOI: 10.1016/j.dsx.2018.08.006

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) ranks as the fifth most obese country with increasing cardio-metabolic risks. In this paper, relationships of salivary adipocytokines (markers of cardio-metabolic syndrome), diet quality and physical activity in 90 normal-weight, overweight and obese (30 subjects in each group) Emirati adult females were investigated. A cross-sectional research design was adopted. Anthropometric measurements, diet quality and physical activity questionnaires were administered. Overnight fasting saliva was collected to determine levels of adiponectin, interleukin-10 (IL-10) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α). Salivary adiponectin was significantly lower, while TNF-α was higher in obese than normal-weight subjects. IL-10 displayed a lower trend in obese subjects. Though diet quality and physical activity did not exhibit significant differences among the three groups, better diet quality and higher physical activity level were reported among normal-weight subjects. Salivary TNF-α correlated positively with body mass index (BMI) (r = 0.37; p