Ethnic differences in leptin and adiponectin levels between Greenlandic Inuit and Danish children

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Munch Andersen, Thor ^a   Sorensen, Kaspar ^b   Aachmann Andersen, Niels Jacob ^a   Aksglaede, Lise ^b   Juul, Anders ^b   Helge, Jørn W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adiponectin; Children; Ethnic differences; Inuit; Leptin; Leptin adiponectin ratio; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; LEPTIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARCTIC; BLOOD; CHILD; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FITNESS; GREENLAND; HUMAN; INUIT; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADIPONECTIN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HUMANS; INUITS; LEPTIN; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PUBERTY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84881298795     PISSN: 12399736     EISSN: 22423982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v72i0.21458     Document Type: Article

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