Relationship of leptin concentration to gender, menopause, age, diabetes, and fat mass in African Americans

Obesity Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 128-133

  Stunner, Anne E ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African americans; Leptin; Menopause; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LEPTIN; PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PROTEINS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032013006     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1998.tb00326.x     Document Type: Article

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