Serum leptin levels correlation with high blood pressure in adult females

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 450-454

  Haque, Zeba ^c   Lakho, Ghulam Rehmani ^a   Nafees, Musarrat ^b   Shahid, Khurram Urooj ^c   Mazahir, Iqbal ^c  

^a Liaquat College of Medicine and Dentistry   (Pakistan)

^b KARACHI MEDICAL AND DENTAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^c JINNAH MEDICAL AND DENTAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Heart rate; Hypertension; Leptin; Obesity

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERLEPTINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTOR; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LEPTIN; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33748438971     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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