Relations of serum interleukin 18 levels to serum lipid and glucose concentrations in an apparently healthy adult population

Hormone Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-33

  Olusi, S O ^a   Al Awadhi, A ^a   Abraham, M ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Glucose; Interleukin 18; Lipids

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INTERLEUKIN 18; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-18; KUWAIT; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0037603594     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070824     Document Type: Article

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