Plasma leptin and blood pressure in men: Graded association independent of body mass and fat pattern

Obesity Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 160-166

  Barba, Gianvincenzo ^a   Russo, Ornella ^b   Siani, Alfonso ^a   Iacone, Roberto ^b   Farinaro, Eduardo ^b   Gerardi, Maria Clara ^b   Russo, Paola ^a   Della Valle, Elisabetta ^b   Strazzullo, Pasquale ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

High blood pressure; Hyperleptinemia; Leptin; Total and central adiposity

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; INSULIN; LEPTIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CREATININE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN; ITALY; LEPTIN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0037735382     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2003.25     Document Type: Article

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