Changes of Leptin concentration in plasma in patients with spinal cord injury: A Meta-analysis

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate changes of leptin concentration in plasma in patients with spinal cord injury to come to a single concept by using a Meta-analysis. Setting: Systematic Review. Methods: Searching relevant articles was performed in Ovid data base, Medline (PubMed) E...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Spinal cord 2013-10, Vol.51 (10), p.728-731
Hauptverfasser:	Latifi, S, Koushki, D, Norouzi Javidan, A, Matin, M, Sabour, H
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	631/45/776/1178 692/699/375/1824 692/700/478/174 Anatomy Biomarkers - blood Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Body Mass Index Embolism, Fat - metabolism Human Physiology Humans Leptin - blood Neurochemistry Neuropsychology Neurosciences Predictive Value of Tests review Spinal Cord Injuries - blood Spinal Cord Injuries - pathology
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Zusammenfassung:	Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate changes of leptin concentration in plasma in patients with spinal cord injury to come to a single concept by using a Meta-analysis. Setting: Systematic Review. Methods: Searching relevant articles was performed in Ovid data base, Medline (PubMed) EMBASE, Google Scholar, Cochrane and Scopus up to February 2013. Five articles were selected using two independent reviewers. Analysis were performed using SPSS version 18 and Comparative Meta-analysis software version 2.0. Results: The combined analysis with confidence interval of 95% using comprehensive meta-analysis showed significant higher leptin levels in patients with spinal cord injury in comparison with able bodies ( P
ISSN:	1362-4393 1476-5624
DOI:	10.1038/sc.2013.82