Serum leptin levels in Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites: Association with body mass index and cigarette smoking

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 81-86

  Wei, Ming ^a   Stern, Michael P ^b   Haffner, Steven M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

body mass index; cigarette smokers; Leptin; Mexican Americans; obesity; sex

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBESITY; PROTEINS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0030908307     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(96)00114-7     Document Type: Article

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