Body composition, visceral fat, leptin, and insulin resistance in Asian Indian men

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 137-144

  Banerji, Mary Ann ^a   Faridi, Nuzhat ^a   Atluri, Rajesh ^a   Chaiken, Rochelle L ^a   Lebovitz, Harold E ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LEPTIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HUMAN; INDIAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCERA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INDIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEPTIN; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEINS; VISCERA;

EID: 0032925461     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.84.1.137     Document Type: Article

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