Leptin concentration and risk of coronary heart disease and stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Although high leptin concentration has been shown to be correlated with established vascular risk factors, epidemiologic studies have reported inconclusive results on the association between leptin and cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Therefore, a meta-analysis was performed to...

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Main Authors: Han Yang, Wenzhi Guo, Jie Li, Shengli Cao, Jiakai Zhang, Jie Pan, Zhihui Wang, Peihao Wen, Xiaoyi Shi, Shuijun Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5344319?pdf=render