Leptin and adiponectin in relation to body fat percentage, waist to hip ratio and the apoB/apoA1 ratio in Asian Indian and Caucasian men and women

Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Smith, Jessica ^a,b   Al Amri, Maha ^a   Sniderman, Allan ^a   Cianflone, Katherine ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LEPTIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 33745192633     PISSN: 17437075     EISSN: 17437075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-7075-3-18     Document Type: Article

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