Elevated leptin levels in healthy climacteric women from Northeastern Brazil: an effect of age or adiposity?

Ana Cyntia B N Maniçoba Clariano Pires de Oliveira Neto Johnny Ramos do Nascimento Flávia Raquel Fernandes do Nascimento Haissa Oliveira Brito Rui Miguel Gil da Costa Maria do Carmo Lacerda Barbosa Manuel Dos Santos Faria Maria do Desterro Soares Brandão Nascimento Luciane Maria Oliveira Brito

Published in: Archives of endocrinology and metabolism (2020)

Altogether, these data support the hypothesis that leptin is elevated, at least partially, as a function of age and climacterium and is not necessarily correlated with metabolic dysfunction and systemic inflammation. Further studies are needed to evaluate the impact of higher leptin levels on postmenopausal women. Arch Endocrinol Metab. 2020;64(3):276-81.

Keyphrases

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