Awakening cortisol response in lean, obese, and reduced obese individuals: Effect of gender and fat distribution

Obesity

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 377-385

  Therrien, Fanny ^a   Drapeau, Vicky ^a   Lalonde, Josée ^a   Lupien, Sonia J ^b   Beaulieu, Serge ^b   Tremblay, Angelo ^a   Richard, Denis ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Awakening cortisol response; Body fat distribution; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Sex; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; LEPTIN;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SALIVA; SECRETION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LEPTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SALIVA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; THINNESS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 33947131126     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.509     Document Type: Article

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