Relationship between hyperleptinaemia and blood-pressure in elderly patients with chronic heart failure / 中华老年医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the changes in serum leptin level in the elderly patients with chronic heart failure(CHF) and the relatonship between leptin and blood-pressure. Methods Serum leptin levels were studied in 35 male patients with CHF and 30 male normal controls.The relationship of serum leptin with blood pressure and LVEF were analyzed. Results Compared with controls,patients with CHF had higher serum leptin,syst olic blood pressure(SBP)and cliastolic blood pressure(DBP)(P