Abstract
A number of studies have been conducted to understand the interrelationship of plasma/ serum leptin changes according to blood pressure (BP) and body mass index (BMI) variations. However, in view of controversial findings, we conducted the present study to understand the regulatory role of plasma leptin involving systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and BMI in young normal weight Saudi female university students (n:26; age range: 18-23 years). The scatterplot of the points for BMI against SBP, DBP and leptin showed highly significant positive linear correlation. The leptin plasma levels against SBP and DBP also revealed highly significant positive linear correlations. However, further studies are required that may help settle some of the controversies related to association among leptin levels, BP and BMI and may uncover the interesting regulatory mechanisms whereby leptin alters BP and influences BMI, and vice versa.
