Interrelationships between leptin resistance, body composition, and aging in elderly women

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1768-1769

  Zoico, Elena ^a   Francesco, Vincenzo Di ^a   Bissoli, Luisa ^a   Mazzali, Gloria ^a   Fontana, Giorgia ^a   Giuliano, Ketti ^a   Bosello, Ottavio ^a   Zamboni, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LEPTIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CALORIMETRY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LEPTIN RESISTANCE; LETTER; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 51249104252     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01811.x     Document Type: Letter

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