Elevated atopy in healthy obese women

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 504-509

  Vieira, Victoria J ^a   Ronan, Anne M ^a   Windt, Mark R ^a   Tagliaferro, Anthony R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; Allergy; Atopy; Insulin resistance; Leptin; Obesity

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE; ESTRADIOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 4; LEPTIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTERLEUKIN-4; LEPTIN; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN;

EID: 27244441454     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn.82.3.504     Document Type: Article

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