Gender differences in fasting serum leptin level among Malaysian population

• Main Authors: Abdulwahab, Dalia F, Ezzat Mustafa, Basma, Abbas, Abdul Razaq, Mustafa, Nazih Shaban, Y., Osama, Ramli, Roszaman
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English; English; English; English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: RG Gynecology and obstetrics
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/31325/1/Gender_differences_in_serum_Leptin_level__in_Malaysian_people.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/31325/5/Gender_differences_in_fasting_serum_Leptin_level__among_%282%29.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/31325/9/dalia_reciept.jpeg; http://irep.iium.edu.my/31325/10/drdalia592013.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/31325/15/MRMC2013_Abstract_Submission_%281%29_DaliaF.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/31325/

Serum leptin increases with progressive obesity in both genders. However, for any given measure of obesity, leptin levels are higher in women than men. This research is to study the gender differences of the fasting plasma leptin concentration in Malaysian people from east coast Malaysia with a ba...