Gender differences in plasma ghrelin and its relations to body composition and bone - An opposite-sex twin study

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 530-537

  Makovey, Joanna ^a,b   Naganathan, Vasi ^a   Seibel, Markus ^a   Sambrook, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BONE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PELVIC BONES; PEPTIDE HORMONES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC;

EID: 33947243532     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.02768.x     Document Type: Article

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