Open AccessGhrelin and the Metabolic Syndrome in Older Adults
Author(s) -
Claudia Langenberg,
Jaclyn Bergstrom,
Gail A. Laughlin,
Elizabeth BarrettConnor
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2005-1358
Subject(s) - ghrelin , odds ratio , body mass index , medicine , metabolic syndrome , endocrinology , confidence interval , national cholesterol education program , context (archaeology) , risk factor , obesity , hormone , biology , paleontology
Ghrelin may be one of the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying risk factor clustering observed in the metabolic syndrome, but this has not been investigated.
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