Association of Leptin and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Overweight and Obese Individuals: A Cross-sectional Study.

Conclusion: Findings of this study indicates that overweight and obesity results in significant increase in both leptin levels and CIMT values. Furthermore, increased leptin levels and CIMT values are positively correlated with increase in BMI and WC. PMID: 32738835 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of the Association of Physicians of India - Category: General Medicine Tags: J Assoc Physicians India Source Type: research