Which obesity index best explains the link between adipokines, coronary heart disease risk and metabolic abnormalities in type 2 diabetes mellitus?

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-129

  Mojiminiyi, Olusegun A ^a   Al Mulla, Fahd ^a   Abdella, Nabila A ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Adipokines; Anthropometric indices; Coronary heart disease; Insulin resistance; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ADIPONECTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LIPID; RESISTIN;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPOKINES; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ROC CURVE;

EID: 60149105809     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000189810     Document Type: Article

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