Increased leptin/adiponectin ratio and free leptin index are markers of insulin resistance in obese girls during pubertal development

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 363-370

  Donoso, M A ^a   Munoz Calvo M T ^b,c   Barrios, V ^b,c   Martinez G ^d   Hawkins, F ^d   Argente, J ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL RUBER INTERNACIONAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTIL UNIVERSITARIO NIÑO JESÚS   (Spain)

^c Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adiponectin; Cardiovascular risk; Fat mass; Insulin resistance; Leptin; Obesity; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; ADIPOCYTOKINE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BONE AGE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE MARKER; FAT MASS; FEMALE; FREE LEPTIN INDEX; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEPTIN ADIPONECTIN RATIO; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; METABOLIC RATIO; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

ADIPONECTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEPTIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBERTY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84890065402     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000356046     Document Type: Article

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