Sex differences in circulating leptin as a marker of adiposity in obese or overweight adolescents with type 1 diabetes

Introduction We aimed to test whether the serum adipokines leptin and adiponectin are more strongly associated with body fat percentage (BF%) than body mass index (BMI) in adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and overweight/obesity.Research design and methods We studied all participants in the T1D...

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Main Authors: Mustafa Tosur, Maria J Redondo, Alejandro F Siller, Xiangjun Gu, Melissa Bondy, Sridevi Devaraj, Stephanie Sisley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-04-01
Series:BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care
Online Access:https://drc.bmj.com/content/8/1/e001683.full