Adipokine serum concentrations, anthropometric measurements and socio-economic status in two ethnic groups with different prevalence levels for cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 660-666

  Waisberg, R ^a   Paiker, J E ^a   Crowther, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

ethnicity; inflammation; leptin; obesity; visceral fat

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC DISORDER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPOKINES; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEPTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 80051800107     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: 14394286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1283139     Document Type: Article

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