Free and bound plasma leptin in normal weight and obese men and women: Relationship with body composition, resting energy expenditure, insulin-sensitivity, lipid profile and macronutrient preference

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-196

  Magni, Paolo ^a,c   Liuzzi, Antonio ^b   Ruscica, Massimiliano ^a   Dozio, Elena ^a   Ferrario, Silvia ^a   Bussi, Isabella ^b   Minocci, Alessandro ^b   Castagna, Alessandra ^b   Motta, Marcella ^a   Savia, Giulio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^c Istituto di Endocrinologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LIPID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FAST PROTEIN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASAL METABOLISM; BLOOD PROTEINS; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEPTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 13444304435     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2005.02195.x     Document Type: Article

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