Plasma pigment epithelium-derived factor is positively associated with obesity in Caucasian subjects, in particular with the visceral fat depot - Wang, Ping; Smit, Egbert; Brouwers, Martijn C G J; Goossens, Gijs H; van der Kallen, Carla J H; van Greevenbroek, Marleen M J; Mariman, Edwin C M (European journal of endocrinology, 2008)
Keywords: Adult; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Body Fat Distribution - methods; Clinical Study; Endocrinopathies; European Continental Ancestry Group - genetics; Eye Proteins - blood; Eye Proteins - genetics; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Intra-Abdominal Fat - metabolism; Intra-Abdominal Fat - physiology; Male; Medical sciences; Metabolic diseases; Middle Aged; Nerve Growth Factors - blood; Nerve Growth Factors - genetics; Obesity; Obesity - blood; Obesity - genetics; Serpins - blood; Serpins - genetics; Subcutaneous Fat, Abdominal - physiology; Vertebrates: endocrinology; Visceral fat; Human; Obesity; Association; Nutrition disorder; Pigment epithelium-derived factor; Caucasoid; Endocrinology; Nutritional status; Blood plasma