Associations between serum apelin-12 levels and obesity-related markers in Chinese children.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate possible correlations between apelin-12 levels and obesity in children in China and associations between apelin-12 and obesity-related markers, including lipids, insulin sensitivity and insulin resistance index (HOMA-IR). METHODS: Forty-eight obese and forty non-obese age-...

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Main Authors: Hong-Jun Ba, Hong-Shan Chen, Zhe Su, Min-Lian Du, Qiu-Li Chen, Yan-Hong Li, Hua-Mei Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3903556?pdf=render

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