Plasma Leptin and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in the West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study (WOSCOPS)
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- 17 December 2001
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 104 (25) , 3052-3056
- https://doi.org/10.1161/hc5001.101061
Abstract
Background— Leptin plays a role in fat metabolism and correlates with insulin resistance and other markers of the metabolic syndrome, independent of total adiposity. Therefore, we hypothesized that...Keywords
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