Circulating progesterone and obesity in men

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 330-335

  Blanchette, S ^a   Marceau, P ^a   Biron, S ^a   Brochu, C ^a   Tchernof, André ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

17 hydroxyprogesterone; Adipose tissue; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Obesity; Progesterone; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ADIPOCYTE; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROGESTERONE METABOLISM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

17-ALPHA-HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; ADIPOCYTES; ADULT; ANDROSTENEDIONE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CELL SIZE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROGESTERONE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33744994153     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-925392     Document Type: Article

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