Ethnic differences in lipid metabolism in two groups of obese South African women

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 760-767

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Fasting and postprandial triglyceride levels; Lipoprotein lipase; Non esterified fatty acids; Visceral abdominal adiposity

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE; CATECHOLAMINE; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR; PROINSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; BODY FAT; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; NEGRO; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AREA UNDER CURVE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; C-PEPTIDE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OBESITY; SOUTH AFRICA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034980516     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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