Association of plasma leptin concentrations with adiposity measurements in rural Chinese adolescents

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3497-3504

  Zhang, Shanchun ^a   Liu, Xin ^a   Brickman, Wendy J ^b   Christoffel, Katherine Kaufer ^a   Zimmerman, Donald ^b   Tsai, Hui Ju ^a   Wang, Guoying ^d   Wang, Binyan ^a   Li, Zhiping ^c   Tang, Gengfu ^c   Liu, Xue ^c   Yang, Jianhua ^a   Xu, Xiping ^d   Wang, Xiaobin ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 69949096902     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-1060     Document Type: Article

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