High-Circulating Leptin Levels Are Associated with Greater Risk of Hypertension in Men Independently of Body Mass and Insulin Resistance: Results of an Eight-Year Follow-Up Study - Concepedia

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High-Circulating Leptin Levels Are Associated with Greater Risk of Hypertension in Men Independently of Body Mass and Insulin Resistance: Results of an Eight-Year Follow-Up Study

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2008

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Ferruccio Galletti, Lanfranco D’Elia, Gianvincenzo Barba, Alfonso Siani, Francesco P. Cappuccio, Eduardo Farinaro, Roberto Iacone, Ornella Russo, Daniela De Palma, R. Ippolito,

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Abstract

In this sample of originally normotensive men, circulating LPT level was a significant predictor of the risk to develop HPT over 8 yr, independently of BMI and insulin resistance.

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