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Liver fat and SHBG affect insulin resistance in midlife women: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN)

The liver is an insulin-responsive organ that contributes significantly to both whole body insulin sensitivity and availability of sex steroids through the production of sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG). Our objective was to explore whether lower SHBG was associated with ectopic liver fat and med...

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Autores principales: Kavanagh, Kylie, Espeland, Mark A., Sutton-Tyrrell, Kim, Barinas-Mitchell, Emma, El Khoudary, Samar R., Wildman, Rachel P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3695405/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23784907
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oby.20077