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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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Autores principales: Leon, Benjamin, Jenkins, Shannon, Pepin, Kristen, Chaudhry, Hira, Smith, Kevin, Zalos, Gloria, Miller, Bernard V., Chen, Kong Y., Remaley, Alan T., Waclawiw, Myron A., Sumner, Anne E., Cannon, Richard O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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