Rural to Urban Migration Is Associated with Increased Leptin Resistance: The RODAM Study
There was significant variability in the relationship between serum leptin and the cardiometabolic traits examined across locations. These findings suggest that rural to urban transition significantly affects this relationship. Future studies may help to further delineate the effects of environmental factors on adipokine production, obesity, and cardiometabolic disease.
Authors
- Charles Hayfron‐Benjamin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0175-0340)
- Yaw A Kusi-Mensah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0578-0654)
- Charles Agyemang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3882-7295)
- Eva van der Linden
- Karlijn A. C. Meeks
- Frederick Anokye-Danso
- Bert-Jan van den Born
- Erik Beune
- Rexford S. Ahima
- Sean Chetty
Institutions
- University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
- University of Ghana (GH)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Stellenbosch University (ZA)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (GH)
- National Human Genome Research Institute (US)
- Amsterdam Neuroscience (NL)
- GGD Amsterdam (NL)
- Public Health Service of Amsterdam (NL)
- Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL)
- Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (NL)
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Obesity Facts
- Published
- 2026-01-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000550389
- Primary Topic
- Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- European Commission
- National Institutes of Health