Longitudinal Increases in Adiposity Contribute to Worsening Adipokine Profile over Time in Mexican Americans.

Mary Helen BlackYu-Hsiang ShuJun WuCorinna KoebnickAdrienne MacKayRichard M WatanabeThomas A BuchananAnny H Xiang

Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2018)

Increasing adiposity contributes to a worsening imbalance of pro- and anti-inflammatory adipokines over time, in which leptin may have an important role as a key mediator of metabolic disease risk in Mexican Americans.

Keyphrases

anti inflammatory
insulin resistance
weight gain
cross sectional
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
body mass index
physical activity