Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences by Subject "leptin"

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Carotid cross-sectional wall area is significantly associated with serum leptin levels, independent of body mass index: the SABPA studyent of body mass index: the SABPA study

Mels, Catharina Martha Cornelia; Pieterse, Chiné; Schutte, Aletta Elisabeth; Schutte, Rudolph; Smith, Wayne (Japanese Society of HypertensionNature Publishing Group, 2012)

Hypertension and obesity are serious health burdens in sub-Saharan Africa. Urbanized Africans seem to be more susceptible to the development of these diseases than Caucasians. Current research suggests that leptin may be ...
Leptin links with plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in human obesity: the SABPA study

Pieterse, Chine; Schutte, Rudolph; Schutte, Aletta E. (Nature Publishing Group, 2015)

The relationship between obesity and the development of cardiovascular disease is well established. However, the underlying mechanisms contributing to vascular disease and increased cardiovascular risk in the obese remain ...
Leptin: a cardiovascular perspective

Schutte, A.E.; Schutte, R. (Health & Medical Publishing Group (JEMDSA), 2012)

The development of obesity, as well as resultant type 2 diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease, is causing concern in South Africa. Following the discovery of leptin in 1994, hopes were raised that the manipulation ...