A Case-Control Study of the Association of Leptin Gene Polymorphisms with Plasma Leptin Levels and Obesity in the Kerala Population

• Main Authors: Sudharmadevi K. Manju (Author), Thottathil R. Anilkumar (Author), G. Vysakh (Author), Balakumaran K. Leena (Author), Vijayalekshmi Lekshminarayan (Author), Pradeep G. Kumar (Author), Trivikrama K. Shenoy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background. Over the last few years, the importance of leptin in energy metabolism has been extensively studied in both animal models and in humans. Very few results are available on the association between human leptin gene (LEP) variants and obesity traits in India. We designed this study to analy...