Differences in the association between serum leptin levels and body mass index in black and white women: A report from the southern community cohort study

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 90-97

  Cohen, Sarah S ^a   Fowke, Jay H ^b   Cai, Qiuyin ^b   Buchowski, MacIej S ^b   Signorello, Lisa B ^a,b   Hargreaves, Margaret K ^c   Zheng, Wei ^b   Blot, William J ^a,b   Matthews, Charles E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipokines; Body mass index; Leptin; Race

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY FATS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857132933     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: 14219697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000336180     Document Type: Article

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