Serum Leptin Levels and the Risk of Stroke | Zendy

Hamidreza Saber | Zendy; Jayandra J. Himali | Zendy; Ashkan Shoamanesh | Zendy; Alexa S. Beiser | Zendy; Aleksandra Pikula | Zendy; Tamara B. Harris | Zendy; Ronenn Roubenoff | Zendy; José R. Romero | Zendy; Carlos S. Kase | Zendy; Ramachandran S. Vasan | Zendy; Sudha Seshadri | Zendy

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Serum Leptin Levels and the Risk of Stroke

Author(s) -

Hamidreza Saber,

Jayandra J. Himali,

Ashkan Shoamanesh,

Alexa S. Beiser,

Aleksandra Pikula,

Tamara B. Harris,

Ronenn Roubenoff,

José R. Romero,

Carlos S. Kase,

Ramachandran S. Vasan,

Sudha Seshadri

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.115.009463

Subject(s) - medicine , leptin , stroke (engine) , hazard ratio , quartile , proportional hazards model , waist , waist–hip ratio , incidence (geometry) , cohort , body mass index , obesity , confidence interval , mechanical engineering , physics , optics , engineering

Leptin is a major adipokine that regulates weight balance and energy homeostasis. There is inconsistent evidence linking circulating leptin levels to risk of stroke. We tested the hypothesis that leptin levels are associated with risk of incident stroke in an elderly community based sample.

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