Serum copper levels and not zinc are positively associated with serum leptin concentrations in the healthy adult population

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-144

  Olusi, Samuel ^a   Al Awadhi, Adel ^a   Abiaka, Clifford ^a   Abraham, Mathew ^a   George, Sunila ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Copper; Normal population; Serum leptin; Zinc; Zinc copper ratio

Indexed keywords

COPPER; LEPTIN; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COPPER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFERENCE VALUES; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

EID: 0037300040     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:91:2:137     Document Type: Article

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