Adiposity and insulin resistance correlate with telomere length in middle-aged Arabs: The influence of circulating adiponectin

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 601-607

  Al Attas, Omar S ^a   Al Daghri, Nasser M ^a   Alokail, Majed S ^a   Alfadda, Assim ^b   Bamakhramah, Ahmed ^a   Sabico, Shaun ^a   Pritlove, Dave ^c   Harte, Alison ^c   Tripathi, Gyanendra ^c   McTernan, Philip G ^c   Kumar, Sudhesh ^c   Chrousos, George ^a,d  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; ANGIOTENSIN II; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; RESISTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TELOMERE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADIPONECTIN; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARABS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TELOMERE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957164205     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-10-0241     Document Type: Article

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