Leptin and body mass index in relation to endometrial cancer risk

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 147-151

  Petridou, Eleni ^a,b   Belechri, Maria ^a   Dessypris, Nick ^a   Koukoulomatis, Panagiotis ^a   Diakomanolis, Emmanuel ^a   Spanos, Evangelos ^c   Trichopoulos, Dimitrios ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Biomed International Diagnostic Center   (Greece)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Endometrial cancer; Leptin; Obesity; Total energy intake

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LEPTIN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RISK; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035995855     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000063081     Document Type: Article

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