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Trial reportPloS one2015

The Association of Serum Leptin with Mortality in Older Adults.

Suruchi Mishra, Tamara B Harris, Wen-Chi Hsueh, Trisha Hue, Tennille S Leak, Rongling Li, Mira Mehta, Christian Vaisse, Nadine R Sahyoun

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Trial report in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Men Sustain Higher Dysregulation Levels Than Women Without Becoming Frail.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Suruchi MishraDepartment of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America.
Tamara B HarrisNational Institute on Aging, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America.
Wen-Chi HsuehPhoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institute of Health, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America.
Trisha HueUniversity of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
Tennille S LeakMichigan Public Health Institute, Okemos, Michigan, United States of America.
Rongling LiNational Human Genome Research Institute, National Institute of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America.
Mira MehtaDepartment of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America.
Christian VaisseDiabetes Center and Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
Nadine R SahyounDepartment of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America.
University of Maryland, College Park · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · USMichigan Public Health Institute · USNational Human Genome Research Institute · USNational Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · USNational Institute on Aging · US

Funding

Research BaseP30DK063720 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI GERMAN, MICHAEL S · 2003 to 2019
$21.8M
DYNAMICS OF HEALTH .AGING . AND BODY COMPOSITION /Pittsburgh/-260962101N01AG062101 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · 1996 to 2004
$996k
DYNAMICS OF HEALTH . AGING . AND BODY COMPOSITION /Memphis/-26062103N01AG062103 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · 1996 to 2004
$793k
HEALTH ABC--COORDINATING UNIT /California/-260062106N01AG062106 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO · 1996 to 2004
$109k
Intramural NIH HHSNIA NIH HHS N01-AG-6-2101NIA NIH HHS N01-AG-6-2103NIA NIH HHS N01-AG-6-2106NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK063720
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveElevated levels of serum leptin are associated with increased adiposity and production of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Both cytokines and body adiposity have been shown to predict cardiovascular events and mortality. The primary objective of the present study is to explore the associations between serum leptin and all-cause mortality and mortality from cardiovascular disease (CVD) over a span of 10 years, controlling for body adiposity and proinflammatory cytokines.

methodsThe Health, Aging and Body Composition (Health ABC) study is a prospective cohort of 3,075 older adults aged 70 to 79 years. This analysis includes 2,919 men and women with complete serum leptin and vital status data. Data on all-cause mortality and incident cardiovascular events (including Coronary Heart Disease and Congestive Heart Failure) were collected over 10 years of follow-up (mean 8.4 years).

resultsWomen with leptin in quartile 2 and 3 were at lower risk of all-cause mortality, and those with leptin in quartile 2 were at lower risk of mortality from CVD as compared to women with lowest leptin values when adjusted for age, race, site, years of education, alcohol use, smoking, and physical activity. When these associations were additionally adjusted for body fat, C-reactive protein and pro-inflammatory cytokines, women with leptin values in quartile 3 were at lower risk of all-cause mortality and women with leptin in quartile 2 and 3 were at lower risk of mortality from CVD than women with lowest leptin values. These associations were not significant among men after adjusting for body fat and cytokines.

conclusionsThe present study suggests that moderately elevated concentrations of serum leptin are independently associated with lower risk of all-cause mortality and CVD-related mortality among older women. Among men, serum leptin is not associated with reduced risk of all-cause and CVD mortality after controlling for body fat and cytokines.

Indexed as

AdipositySex CharacteristicsAgedAged, 80 and overCardiovascular DiseasesC-Reactive ProteinFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansLeptinMaleRisk FactorsC-Reactive ProteinLeptin

Identifiers

PMID26473487
PMCPMC4608587
OpenAlexW2234778104

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