The Association of Cysteine with Obesity, Inflammatory Cytokines and Insulin Resistance in Hispanic Children and Adolescents

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Elshorbagy, Amany K ^a,b   Valdivia Garcia, Maria ^a   Refsum, Helga ^a,c   Butte, Nancy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; ALBUMIN; C PEPTIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; CYTOKINE; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE; HOMOCYSTEINE; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; METHIONINE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UPREGULATION;

ADIPOKINES; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CYSTEINE; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; YOUNG ADULT;

RODENTIA;

EID: 84866279808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044166     Document Type: Article

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