Plasma leptin concentrations: Gender differences and associations with metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular disease

Diabetologia

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1178-1184

  Couillard, C ^a   Mauriege P ^a   Prud'homme, D ^a   Nadeau, A ^a   Tremblay, A ^a   Bouchard, C ^a   Despres J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Insulin; Leptin; Lipoproteins

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RISK FACTOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LIPIDS; MALE; OBESITY; PROTEINS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030768120     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250050804     Document Type: Article

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