Title : Leptin levels do not change acutely with food administration in normal or obese subjects, but are negatively correlated with pituitary-adrenal activity.

Pub. Date : 1997 Jun

PMID : 9274707






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1 Pre-meal and peak insulin levels showed a positive correlation with circulating mean leptin levels (r = +0.65; P < 0.001 and r = +0.78; P < 0.001, respectively) in all subjects, while pre-meal and peak serum cortisol levels showed an inverse relation with leptin levels (r = -0.53; P = 0.002 and r = -0.41; P = 0.02, respectively); this effect was independent of BMI in the obese subjects. Hydrocortisone leptin Homo sapiens