Apelin and its ratio to lipid factors are associated with cardiovascular diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Hamed Akbari,

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran, Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

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• Mahnaz Hosseini-Bensenjan,

  Affiliation Hematology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

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• Sarvenaz Salahi,

  Affiliation Minimally Invasive Surgery Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Fatemeh Moazzen,

  Affiliation Department of Hematology, Faculty of Allied Medicine, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran

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• Hamid Aria,

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

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• Alireza Manafi,

  Affiliation Brigham and Women`s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1594-2215

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• Saeed Hosseini,

  Affiliations Center for Healthcare Data Modeling, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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• Maryam Niknam ,

  * E-mail: niknam8892@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7611-7799

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• Gholamreza Asadikaram

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran, Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

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