Involvement of leptin in the association between percentage of body fat and cardiovascular risk factors

Involvement of leptin in the association between percentage of body fat and cardiovascular risk factors

OBJECTIVES: Recent epidemiologic studies have shown that obesity is associated with elevated blood concentrations of prothrombotic-proinflammatory factors and markers of endothelial dysfunction such as fibrinogen, C-reactive protein (CRP), von Willebrand factor (vWF), and homocysteine. We have asses...

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Main Authors: Gomez-Ambrosi, J. (Javier), Salvador, J. (Javier), Paramo, J.A. (José Antonio), Orbe, J. (Josune), Irala, J. (Jokin) de, Diez-Caballero, A. (Alberto), Gil, M.J. (María José), Álvarez-Cienfuegos, J. (Javier), Frühbeck, G. (Gema)
Format: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Language:eng
Published: Elsevier 2012
Subjects:
Obesity
Cardiovascular risk
Leptin
Fibrinogen
Insulin sensitivity
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10171/22243

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