Serum leptin levels in obese Indian children: Relation to clinical and biochemical parameters

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 257-262

  Dubey, Sudhisha ^a   Kabra, Madhulika ^a   Bajpai, Anurag ^a   Pandey, R M ^a   Hasan, Mahmood ^a   Gautam, R K ^b   Menon, P S N ^a,c  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b DR B R AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Jaber AL Ahmed Armed Forces Hospital   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Leptin; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LEPTIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; LEPTIN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34247505175     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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