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Serum leptin level positively correlates with metabolic syndrome among elderly Taiwanese

OBJECTIVE: Leptin is an adipocyte-derived hormone and has shown positive correlation with obesity and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in many studies. However, there are few studies investigating this relation in elderly people. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the correlation between the fasting serum...

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Autores principales: Wang, Li-Hsuan, Liu, Yao-Chang, Wang, Ji-Hung, Lee, Chung-Jen, Hsu, Bang-Gee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5615996/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28974910
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tcmj.tcmj_60_17