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Insulin and Extremity Muscle Mass in Overweight and Obese Women
Obesity disproportionately affects women, especially those of African descent, and is associated with increases in both fat and muscle masses. Although increased extremity muscle mass may be compensatory to fat mass load, we propose that elevated insulin levels resulting from diminished insulin sens...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3723704/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23609936 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2013.45 |