Associations of body mass index and insulin resistance with leptin, adiponectin, and the leptin-to-adiponectin ratio across ethnic groups: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 705-709

  Rasmussen Torvik, Laura J ^a   Wassel, Christina L ^b   Ding, Jingzhong ^c   Carr, Jeffery ^c   Cushman, Mary ^d   Jenny, Nancy ^e   Allison, Matthew A ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiponectin; Insulin resistance; Leptin; Multiethnic

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ADIPONECTIN; INSULIN; LEPTIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADIPONECTIN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEPTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866538836     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.07.011     Document Type: Article

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