Open AccessRelationship between circulating irisin levels and overweight/obesity: A meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Junjing Jia,
Yu Fan,
Weiping Wei,
Ping Yang,
Ren Zhang,
Yue Sheng,
Yong-Qin Shi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v7.i12.1444
Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , obesity , meta analysis , subgroup analysis , cochrane library , confidence interval , myokine , endocrinology , skeletal muscle
Currently, the findings about irisin as a novel myokine related to obesity are inconsistent in overweight/obese people. To our knowledge, no systematic analysis has been conducted to evaluate the relationship between irisin levels and overweight/obesity.