Waist circumference does not predict circulating adiponectin levels in sub-Saharan women.

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Published in Cardiovasc Diabetol on October 16, 2007

Authors

Eugène Sobngwi1, Valery Effoe, Philippe Boudou, Dieudonné Njamen, Jean-François Gautier, Jean-Claude Mbanya

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine and Specialties, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon. eugene.sobngwi@newcastle.ac.uk

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