The effect of abdominal obesity on insulin sensitivity and serum lipid and cytokine concentrations in African women

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 535-541

  Crowther, N J ^a   Ferris, W F ^b   Ojwang, P J ^a   Rheeder, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CYTOKINE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPID METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC DISORDER; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTERLEUKIN-18; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; LIPIDS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 33645987279     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2006.02505.x     Document Type: Article

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