Serum retinol-binding protein 4 is elevated and positively associated with insulin resistance in postmenopausal women

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 987-996

  An, Chiying ^a   Wang, Han ^a   Liu, Xiaomin ^a   Li, Yanbo ^a   Su, Ying ^a   Gao, Xinyuan ^a   Jiang, Wai ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Insulin resistance; Menopause; Retinol binding protein 4; Sex hormones; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN 4; SEX HORMONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS, PLASMA; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 73549096167     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K09E-096     Document Type: Article

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