Abdominal fat accumulation, and not insulin resistance, is associated to oligomenorrhea in non-hyperandrogenic overweight/obese women

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 98-101

  De Pergola, G ^a   Tartagni, M ^b   D'Angelol, F ^a   Centoducati, C ^a   Guida, P ^a   Giorgino, R ^a  

^a Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central obesity; Insulin resistance; Oligomenorrhea

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERMENORRHEA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; OBESITY; OLIGOMENORRHEA; PREVALENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 67649352911     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03345694     Document Type: Article

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