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- Higher leptin levels in Asian Indians than Creoles and Europids: a potential explanation for increased metabolic risk.
Full Author : ['Lilja, M', 'Rolandsson, O', 'Shaw, J E', 'Pauvaday, V', 'Cameron, A J', 'Tuomilehto, J', 'Alberti, K G M M', 'Zimmet, P Z', 'Soderberg, S']
Journal Title : International journal of obesity (2005)
Chapter : Section3
Journal Year : 2010
Cited by : Not Available
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Leptin predicts cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes, diseases to which Asian Indians are highly susceptible. As a risk marker, leptin's intra-individual and seasonal stability is unstudied and only small studies have compar.....
Keywords : ["increase metabolic risk", "high leptin level", "potential explanation", "asian indians", "europid", "creole"]