Serum Leptin Concentration, Adiposity, and Body Fat Distribution in Mexican-Americans

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 563-570

  Peltz, Gerson ^a   Sanderson, Maureen ^a   Pérez, Adriana ^a   Sexton, Ken ^a   Ochoa Casares, Dania ^a   Kay Fadden, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Body fat distribution; Leptin; Mexican Americans

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 34249907578     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2006.12.009     Document Type: Article

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