Abstract
IntroductionBehcet’s disease (BD) is a chronic, relapsing, systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology.AimTo measure serum ghrelin levels in BD patients and healthy controls and to investigate its association with metabolic syndrome (MetS).Material and methodsThirty BD patients and 30 healthy individuals were enrolled in the study. Ghrelin levels were measured in blood samples using ELISA.ResultsThe mean serum ghrelin level in BD patients (28.57 ±14.04) was significantly lower compared to healthy controls (40.72 ±23.21) (p = 0.01). The mean serum ghrelin level in BD patients who had MetS (24.18 ±12.73) was lower compared to BD patients who did not have MetS (30.77 ±14.45), but this difference was not significant (p > 0.05).ConclusionsGhrelin levels were lower in BD patients compared to healthy controls. There was no association between reduced ghrelin levels and MetS; however, there was a negative correlation between ghrelin levels and disease activity.
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