The relationship between leptin-to-adiponectin ratio and HOMA-IR and metabolic syndrome in five African-origin populations
Our study suggests that individuals of the African diaspora in different geographical locations may differ in the determinants of MS. Future studies should investigate the determinants for the disparate relationships between MS, IS and adipokines across different African-origin populations.
Authors
- Wolfgang Korte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0076-5022)
- Brian Thomas Layden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2176-5654)
- Yang David Dai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7638-849X)
- Lara Ruth Dugas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0692-8585)
- Estelle Victoria Lambert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4315-9153)
- Nadia Sweis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0877-6634)
- Jingyu Zeng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5892-6098)
- Julianne A. Jorgensen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9852-0837)
- Terrence Forrester (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7976-8669)
- Pascal Bovet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0242-4259)
- Amy H. Luke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8484-9439)
- Candice Choo-Kang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9150-1131)
- Joseph L. Zapater (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1116-7776)
- Kweku Bedu-Addo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5479-0691)
- Walter Riesen
Institutions
- University of the West Indies System (JM)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- Loyola University Chicago (US)
- University of St.Gallen (CH)
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (GH)
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- Jesse Brown VA Medical Center (US)
- Centre universitaire de médecine générale et santé publique, Lausanne (CH)
- Ministry of Health (SC)
- Sports Science Institute of South Africa (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Obesity
- Published
- 2024-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-024-01655-8
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.77
Funders
- National Institutes of Health