Body fat accumulation is possibly responsible for lower dehydroepiandrosterone circulating levels in premenopausal obese women

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1105-1110

  De Pergola, G ^a,c   Zamboni, M ^b   Sciaraffia, M ^a   Turcato, E ^b   Pannacciulli, N ^a   Armellini, F ^b   Giorgino, F ^a   Perrini, S ^a   Bosello, O ^b   Giorgino, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Androgens; Body fat distribution; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; INSULIN; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OBESITY; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; LINEAR MODELS; OBESITY; PREMENOPAUSE; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; SKIN; TESTOSTERONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISCERA;

EID: 10544248164     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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