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Association of adipokines with blood pressure in rural Chinese adolescents.
Journal of human hypertension - 1 Aug 2012
Wang H, Necheles J, Birne J S, Li Z, Xing H, Tang G, Christoffel K K, Brickman W J, Zimmerman D, Wang X
Abstract excerpt
Previous research has demonstrated that adipokines influence blood pressure (BP). Limited data exist in healthy adolescents, who are in a critical period for preventing the development of high BP. This study investigated the association of leptin, adiponectin and the leptin-to-adiponectin ratio (LAR) with BP in rural Chinese adolescents. This report included 1245 adolescents (average body mass index:...
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