Equol producers can have low leptin levels among prediabetic and diabetic females - Sakane, Naoki; Kotani, Kazuhiko; Tsuzaki, Kokoro; Takahashi, Kaoru; Usui, Takeshi; Uchiyama, Shigeto; Fujiwara, Shinji (Annales d'endocrinologie, 2014)
Keywords: Adiponectin - blood; Age Factors; Biological and medical sciences; Blood Glucose - analysis; Body Mass Index; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diabetes Mellitus - blood; Diabetes Mellitus - urine; Diabetes. Impaired glucose tolerance; Endocrine pancreas. Apud cells (diseases); Endocrinology & Metabolism; Endocrinopathies; Equol - biosynthesis; Equol - pharmacokinetics; Equol - urine; Etiopathogenesis. Screening. Investigations. Target tissue resistance; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Glycated Hemoglobin A - analysis; Humans; Insulin - blood; Internal Medicine; Intestines - metabolism; Intestines - microbiology; Isoflavones - metabolism; Leptin - blood; Lipids - blood; Male; Medical sciences; Prediabetic State - blood; Prediabetic State - urine; Sampling Studies; Sex Characteristics; Smoking - metabolism; Soy Foods; Vertebrates: endocrinology; Endocrinopathy; Female; Adipokine; Diabetes mellitus; Leptin