High levels of circulating proinflammatory cytokines and leptin in urban, but not rural, Indians. A potential explanation for increased risk of diabetes and coronary heart disease

Diabetes Care. 1999 Feb;22(2):363-4. doi: 10.2337/diacare.22.2.363.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Coronary Disease / blood
  • Coronary Disease / epidemiology*
  • Coronary Disease / immunology
  • Cytokines / blood*
  • Diabetes Mellitus / blood
  • Diabetes Mellitus / epidemiology*
  • Diabetes Mellitus / immunology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • India
  • Interleukin-6 / blood
  • Leptin
  • Male
  • Proteins / metabolism*
  • Risk Factors
  • Rural Population*
  • Social Class
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / metabolism
  • Urban Population*

Substances

  • Cytokines
  • Interleukin-6
  • Leptin
  • Proteins
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha