Gender differences in leptin levels during puberty are related to the subcutaneous fat depot and sex steroids

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 275, Issue 3 38-3, 1998, Pages

  Roemmich, James N ^a   Clark, Pamela A ^a   Berr, Stuart S ^a   Mai, Vu ^a   Mantzoros, Christos S ^c   Flier, Jeffrey S ^c   Weltman, Arthur ^a,b   Rogol, Alan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Four compartment body composition; Obesity; Subcutaneous fat; Visceral fat

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; LEPTIN; OXYGEN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; FITNESS; GENDER; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 0031713957     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1998.275.3.e543     Document Type: Article

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