The association of leptin and incident hypertension in the reasons for geographic and racial differences in stroke (REGARDS) cohort

Leptin is an adipokine associated with obesity and with hypertension in animal models. Whether leptin is associated with hypertension independent of obesity is unclear. Relative to White adults, Black adults have higher circulating leptin concentration. As such, leptin may mediate some of the excess...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of human hypertension 2024-12, Vol.38 (12), p.836-843
Hauptverfasser: Sherman, S. E., Stoutenburg, E., Long, D. L., Juraschek, S. P., Cushman, M., Howard, V. J., Tracy, R. P., Judd, S. E., Kamin Mukaz, D., Zakai, N. A., Plante, T. B.
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