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Role of adiponectin gene variants, adipokines and hydrometry-based percent body fat in metabolically healthy and abnormal obesity.
Obesity research & clinical practice - 1 Jan 2000
Chang Chin-Sung, Lu Yan-Jia, Chang Hsiu-Hao, Hsu Shih-Han, Kuo Po-Hsiu, Shieh Chi-Chang, Yao Wei-Jen, Hsu Mei-Chi, Young Kung-Chia, Lin Wen-Yuan, Huang Kuo-Chin, Wu Chih-Hsing, Tsai Yau-Sheng
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) subjects have better metabolic parameters than metabolically abnormal obesity (MAO) subjects, but the possible mechanisms underlying this remain unknown. Our study was designed to investigate the interrelationships among genes, adipokines, body fat and its distribution in MHO and MAO. METHODS: From 2007 to 2009, 103 males and 131 females aged 18-50 years were...
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