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Conflicting data suggest an association between leptin gene polymorphisms and essential hypertension independently of obesity. The aim of this study was to evaluate, in severely obese subjects, the role of one of these polymorphic markers in relation to the development of hypertension. The study included 325 obese patients with mean body mass index (BMI) of 46±6.94 kg/m2. One hundred sixty-six were...