Leptin responses to weight loss in postmenopausal women: Relationship to sex-hormone binding globulin and visceral obesity

Obesity Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-35

  Van Rossum, Elisabeth F C ^a,b   Nicklas, Barbara J ^a,c   Dennis, Karen E ^a   Berman, Dora M ^a   Goldberg, Andrew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Insulin; Leptin; Sex hormone binding globulin; Visceral obesity; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VISCERA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; VISCERA; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0033629935     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2000.5     Document Type: Article

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