Disruption of the relationship between fat content and leptin levels with aging in humans

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 931-934

  Moller, Niels ^a   O'Brien, Peter ^a   Nair, K Sreekumaran ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROTEINS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0031732320     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.3.931     Document Type: Article

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