Weight-related differences in glucose metabolism and free fatty acid production in two South African population groups

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1196-1205

  Punyadeera, C ^a   Van Der Merwe, M T ^b   Crowther, N J ^a   Toman, M ^a   Immelman, A R ^a   Schlaphoff, G P ^c   Gray, I P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ethnic differences; Free fatty acids; Glucose oxidation; Leptin; Obesity; Visceral fat

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LEPTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET RESTRICTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE OXIDATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AREA UNDER CURVE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BREATH TESTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FASTING; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; LEPTIN; OBESITY; SOUTH AFRICA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0034896631     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801660     Document Type: Article

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