The metabolic significance of leptin in humans: Gender-based differences in relationship to adiposity, insulin sensitivity, and energy expenditure

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1293-1300

  Kennedy, Adele ^a   Gettys, Thomas W ^a   Watson, Patricia ^a   Wallace, Penny ^a   Ganaway, Elizabeth ^a   Pan, Qin ^a   Garvey, W Timothy ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LEPTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEPTIN; MALE; MICROVASCULAR ANGINA; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROTEINS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0030936047     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.4.1293     Document Type: Article

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