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- W116678297 abstract "Hypertension and obesity are serious health burdens in sub-Saharan Africa and urbanised Africans seem to be more susceptible to the development of these diseases than Caucasians. Current research suggests that leptin may be an important contributor to the development of hypertension and atherosclerosis. The aim of this study was to investigate leptin levels and associations with cardiovascular function in urbanised Africans and Caucasians. Serum leptin, ambulatory blood pressure and carotid intima-media thickness were measured, and the cross-sectional wall area calculated. Results showed that Africans had higher leptin levels (P<0.001), ambulatory blood pressure (P<0.001), carotid intima-media thickness (P<0.01) and cross-sectional wall area (P<0.01) than Caucasians. Because we found no interaction with ethnicity and gender for the association between leptin and the cardiovascular variables, we focused mainly on the total group of Africans and Caucasians. In single, partial and multiple regression analyses, positive associations between ambulatory systolic blood pressure (β=0.261; P<0.001), diastolic blood pressure (β=0.144; P=0.012), pulse pressure (β=0.335; P<0.001) and cross-sectional wall area (β=0.121; P=0,019) with leptin were observed. Even after adjusting for body mass index, the association obtained between cross-sectional wall area (β=0.121; P=0.019) and leptin remained. Our findings therefore suggests that leptin may contribute to the development of atherosclerosis, independent of body mass index." @default.
- W116678297 created "2016-06-24" @default.
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- W116678297 date "2011-01-01" @default.
- W116678297 modified "2023-09-23" @default.
- W116678297 title "Leptin and cardiovascular function in African and Caucasian men and women : the SABPA study" @default.
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