Serum leptin levels are associated with hyperinsulinemia independent of body mass index but not with visceral obesity

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 340-344

  Kim Motoyama, Hoon ^a   Yamaguchi, Takuhiro ^b   Katakura, Tomiyoshi ^c   Miura, Masakazu ^d   Ohashi, Yasuo ^b   Yazaki, Yoshio ^a   Kadawaki, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Nippon Express Hlth Ins Society   (Japan)

^d LSI MEDIENCE CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LEPTIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; JAPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 0031561375     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1997.7329     Document Type: Article

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