Plasma Leptin Levels and Incidence of Heart Failure, Cardiovascular Disease, and Total Mortality in Elderly Individuals

OBJECTIVE: Obesity predisposes individuals to congestive heart failure (CHF) and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Leptin regulates energy homeostasis, is elevated in obesity, and influences ventricular and vascular remodeling. We tested the hypothesis that leptin levels are associated with greater risk...

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Autores principales: Lieb, Wolfgang, Sullivan, Lisa M., Harris, Tamara B., Roubenoff, Ronenn, Benjamin, Emelia J., Levy, Daniel, Fox, Caroline S., Wang, Thomas J., Wilson, Peter W., Kannel, William B., Vasan, Ramachandran S.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Diabetes Association 2009
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2660448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19114611
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc08-1596

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2660448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19114611
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc08-1596

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