Plasma ghrelin concentration is a signal of decreased fat free mass in healthy elderly females

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 404-406

  Jürimäe, Jaak ^a   Kums, Tatjana ^a   Jürimäe, Toivo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN RESISTANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRUNK; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY;

ADIPOSITY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GHRELIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67449132317     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20887     Document Type: Article

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