A relationship between serum ferritin and the insulin resistance syndrome is present in non-diabetic women but not in non-diabetic men

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 380-385

  Sheu, Wayne Huey Herng ^a   Chen, Ying Tsung ^a   Lee, Wen Jane ^c   Wang, Chen Wen ^c   Lin, Lih Yuan ^b  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Section 3 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FERRITIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSE; METABOLISM; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0345269252     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2003.01729.x     Document Type: Article

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