Relationship of leptin concentration to gender, body mass index and age in Saudi adults

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1086-1090

  Al Harithy, Rowyda N ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEPTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SAUDI ARABIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 4544242735     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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