Ghrelin, leptin and insulin in healthy children: Relationship with anthropometry, gender, and age distribution

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 173, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 21-26

  Wilasco, Maria Inês A ^a   Goldani, Helena A S ^a   Dornelles, Cristina T L ^a   Maurer, Rafael L ^a   Kieling, Carlos O ^a   Porowski, Marilene ^b   Silveira, Themis R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Children; Ghrelin; Healthy; Insulin; Leptin

Indexed keywords

ACYL GHRELIN; DES ACYL GHRELIN; GHRELIN; INSULIN; LEPTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY MASS INDEX FOR AGE RATIO; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEIGHT FOR AGE RATIO; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; APPETITE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FASTING; FEMALE; GHRELIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 83255176820     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: 18731686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2011.08.013     Document Type: Article

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