Sex-differences in adiponectin levels and body fat distribution: Longitudinal observations in Afro-Jamaicans

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Boyne, Michael S ^a   Bennett, Nadia R ^a   Cooper, Richard S ^b   Royal Thomas, Tamika Y ^a   Bennett, Franklyn I ^a   Luke, Amy ^b   Wilks, Rainford J ^a   Forrester, Terrence E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiponectin; Adiposity; Hip; Jamaica; Sex; Waist

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AFRO JAMAICAN; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; COMMUNITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPONECTIN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; JAMAICA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77957751884     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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