Circulating levels of interleukin-18 independent of body fat and fat-free mass: Results from the MONICA/KORA study [7]

Diabetes Care

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 174-175

  Herder, Christian ^a,d   Baumert, Jens ^b   Kolb, Hubert ^a   Koenig, Wolfgang ^c   Martin, Stephan ^a   Thorand, Barbara ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ CENTER FOR DIABETES RESEARCH AT HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTACOID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 18;

ADIPOCYTE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LETTER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-18; MALE; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 33644876503     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 01495992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.29.01.06.dc05-1963     Document Type: Letter

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