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Original Article

Leptin to high-molecular-weight adiponectin ratio is independently correlated with carotid intima-media thickness in men, but not in women

Noboru TakamuraDepartment of Radiation Epidemiology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Naomi HayashidaDepartment of Radiation Epidemiology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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Kyoko HaganeDepartment of Radiation Epidemiology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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Koichiro KadotaDepartment of General Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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Hironori YamasakiCenter for Health and Community Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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Norio AbiruDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Unit of Translational Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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Yoshiyuki OzonoDepartment of General Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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Shimeru KamihiraDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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Kiyoshi AoyagiDepartment of Public Health, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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Kiyomi IshibashiDepartment of Island and Community Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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Mio NakazatoDepartment of Island and Community Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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Takahiro MaedaDepartment of Island and Community Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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Pages 340-344 | Received 16 Dec 2009, Accepted 27 Feb 2010, Published online: 29 Mar 2010

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