Lifestyle factors fail to explain the variation in plasma leptin concentrations in women

Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 653-657

  De Silva, Andrea ^a   De Courten, Maximilian ^b   Zimmet, Paul ^b   Nicholson, Geoff ^c   Kotowicz, Mark ^c   Pasco, Julie ^c   Collier, Greg R ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Leptin; Lifestyle factors; Women

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LIFE STYLE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PROTEINS; REPRODUCTION; SMOKING; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0031783168     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(98)00065-3     Document Type: Article

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