Serum IGF-I levels are similar in Samoan, Māori and European populations despite differences in body composition

Growth Hormone and IGF Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-60

  Bagg, W ^a,b   Aoina, J ^a   Cross, P A R ^a   Whalley, G A ^a   Gamble, G D ^a   Doughty, R N ^a   Holdaway, I M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Body composition; Ethnicity; IGF I

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MAORI; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SAMOA; VARIANCE;

ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 32144464371     PISSN: 10966374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ghir.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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