A tangled threesome: Adiponectin, insulin sensitivity, and adiposity: Can mendelian randomization sort out causality?

Diabetes

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1007-1009

  Kizer, Jorge R ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ADIPONECTIN;

ADIPOCYTE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FAT MASS; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLUCONEOGENESIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPONECTIN; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84875479371     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: 1939327X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/db12-1673     Document Type: Note

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