Obesity and Diabetes Immunology
New findings in obesity and diabetes immunology described from Medical University of Silesia, Department of Pathophysiology
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, August 20th, 2007
Investigators publish new data in the report "Serum concentration of visfatin in obese women. The aim of the present study was to determine serum concentrations of visfatin in obese women in comparison to normal-weight controls. Study subjects were 21 obese women without additional disease (age, 29.0±4.9 years; body mass index, 37.1±6.1 kg/m2) and 16 healthy, normal-weight women (age, 29.9±5.4 years; body mass index, 22.5±1.7 kg/m2)," researchers in Katowice, Poland report.
"Body composition was measured by bioimpedance. Serum concentrations of visfatin were assayed with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit (Phoenix Pharmaceuticals,...
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