Open Access<p>Serum miR-503 is a Candidate Biomarker for Differentiating Metabolic Healthy Obesity from Metabolic Unhealthy Obesity</p>
Author(s) -
Hai-Qing Yue,
Yinghui Zhou,
Yue Guo,
Chengying Tang,
Fang Wang,
Hongbo Zhou
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.853
H-Index - 43
ISSN - 1178-7007
DOI - 10.2147/dmso.s262888
Subject(s) - overweight , obesity , medicine , biomarker , logistic regression , anthropometry , population , area under the curve , endocrinology , receiver operating characteristic , body mass index , incidence (geometry) , biology , environmental health , biochemistry , physics , optics
Overweight and obesity are associated with metabolic diseases. However, a subgroup of the overweight/obese population does not present metabolic abnormalities. Hence, there is an urgent need to identify biomarkers that can distinguish different obesity phenotypes and metabolic status.