Serum leptin concentration and insulin sensitivity in men with abdominal obesity

Obesity Research

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 416-421

  Johannsson, Gudmundur ^a  

^a Sahlsrenska University Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Human; Insulin resistance; Leptin

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LEPTIN; PROTEIN;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEPTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROTEINS;

EID: 0032198545     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1998.tb00373.x     Document Type: Article

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