Adipogenic risk factor differences between Korean and white adults-potential role of plasma free fatty acid and adiponectin

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 270-274

  Lee, Sangyeoup ^a,b   Jensen, Michael D ^b  

^a Pusan National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; KOREA; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ADIPOGENESIS; ADIPONECTIN; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 58249139596     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2008.09.024     Document Type: Article

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