Plasma leptin is independently associated with the intima-media thickness of the common carotid artery

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 805-810

  Ciccone, M ^a   Vettor, R ^b   Pannacciulli, N ^a   Minenna, A ^a   Bellacicco, M ^a   Rizzon, P ^a   Giorgino, R ^a   De Pergola, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Intima media thickness; Leptin

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING HABIT; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0034956457     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801623     Document Type: Article

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