Leptin, Serum or Plasma – 146712

Measurement of leptin levels in serum or plasma

This test was developed and its performance characteristics determined by Labcorp. It has not been cleared or approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

Obesity is not generally caused by leptin deficiency, neither mutations of the leptin gene or the leptin receptor gene are frequent in humans, but leptin levels are commonly higher in subjects with obesity, and insensitivity to endogenous leptin is a hallmark of most cases of human obesity.¹