Leptin and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity in women with different obesity phenotypes.

R VettorV VicennatiA GambineriC PaganoF CalzoniR Pasquali

Published in: International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity (2005)

Women with different obesity phenotypes had similar serum leptin concentrations but different HPA axis activity, and there was no correlation between them.

Keyphrases

insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
weight loss
type diabetes
high fat diet induced
weight gain
body mass index
skeletal muscle
physical activity