Circulating leptin levels predict the development of metabolic syndrome in middle-aged men: an 8-year follow-up study.

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Published in J Hypertens on August 01, 2007

Authors

Ferruccio Galletti1, Antonio Barbato, Marco Versiero, Roberto Iacone, Ornella Russo, Gianvincenzo Barba, Alfonso Siani, Francesco P Cappuccio, Eduardo Farinaro, Elisabetta della Valle, Pasquale Strazzullo

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Federico II University of Naples Medical School, Naples, Italy. galletti@unina.it

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