Adipokines and body fat composition in South Asians: Results of the Metabolic Syndrome and Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) study

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 810-816

  Shah, A ^a   Hernandez, A ^b   Mathur, D ^b   Budoff, M J ^c   Kanaya, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adiponectin and leptin; body composition; hepatic fat; sex differences in adiposity; South Asians

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ADIPONECTIN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LEPTIN; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH ASIA; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOKINES; ADIPONECTIN; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY COMPOSITION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SAN FRANCISCO;

EID: 84862198433     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2011.167     Document Type: Article

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