Relationship between ghrelin and the metabolic syndrome in the elderly: A longitudinal population-based study

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-232

  Serra Prat, Mateu ^a   Alfaro, Sergio Rueda ^b   Palomera, Elisabet ^a   Casamitjana, Roser ^b   Buquet, Xavier ^a   Fernández Fernández, Cristián ^b   Puig Domingo, Manuel ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPETITE REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GHRELIN; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 58549103506     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2008.03307.x     Document Type: Article

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