Plasma ghrelin levels and weight loss in Chinese Uygur patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Journal of International Medical Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1371-1377

  Ying, B W ^a   Song, X B ^a   Fan, H ^a,b   Wang, L L ^a   Li, Y S ^a   Cheng, Z ^c   Cheng, H ^d   Wen, Fuqiang Q ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Kelemayi Central Hospital of Xinjiang   (China)

^d Tianjin Union Medicine Centre   (China)

Author keywords

BMI; Body mass index; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; COPD; Ghrelin; Hormone; Uygurs

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CACHEXIA; CHINESE UYGUR; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; UNDERWEIGHT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ASIAN; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; FEMALE; GHRELIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; THINNESS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 59649086173     PISSN: 03000605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147323000803600626     Document Type: Article

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