RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Inflammatory parameters in sexually abused children
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 1213
OP 1218
DO 10.15537/smj.2017.12.21463
VO 38
IS 12
A1 Kilic Serbulent
A1 Kara Ozlem
A1 Tutanc Murat
YR 2017
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/38/12/1213.abstract
AB Objectives: To investigate whether serum levels of cortisol, interleukin-6 and interleukin-10 differed between children with or without a sexual trauma.Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in the Department of Child Protective Service (CPS), Bursa Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital, Bursa, Turkey, between May 2016 and July 2016. Three different markers (cortisol, interleukin-6 and interleukin-10) were used to perform this experiment. We included 17 children age less than 18 years old and sexually abused, and 10 children who were not abused as a control group. The levels of cortisol, interleukin-6, and interleukin-10 were measured in blood samples using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay method. The results of the experiment were statistically analyzed.Results: The findings indicate that serum levels of interleukin-6 were higher in the sexually abused children compared with the control group (p=0.002). There were no significant differences in the serum levels of cortisol (p=0.604) and interleukin-10 (p=0.835) between the sexually abused children and the control group.Conclusion No significant differences were seen between the patients with or without sexual assault in terms of cortisol and IL-10 levels. It is found that in age-matched controls, SAC had higher IL-6 levels.