Leptin:adiponectin ratio is an independent predictor of intima media thickness of the common carotid artery

Stroke

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2844-2846

  Norata, Giuseppe Danilo ^a,b,c   Raselli, Sara ^a   Grigore, Liliana ^a   Garlaschelli, Katia ^a   Dozio, Elena ^b   Magni, Paolo ^b   Catapano, Alberico L ^a,b  

^a Ospedale Bassini   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Department of Pharmacological Sciences ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Body mass index; IMT; Leptin:adiponectin ratio; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; RESISTIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADIPONECTIN; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID STENOSIS; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 34848832114     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.485540     Document Type: Article

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