Higher Serum Neuropeptide Y Levels Are Associated with Metabolically Unhealthy Obesity in Obese Chinese Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study

• Main Authors: Hao-Neng Tang (Author), Fen Xiao (Author), Ya-Ru Chen (Author), Si-Qi Zhuang (Author), Yue Guo (Author), Hui-Xuan Wu (Author), Hou-De Zhou (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: Hindawi Limited, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objective. Neuropeptide Y (NPY), an orexigenic peptide known to cause hyperphagia, has been involved in the occurrence and development of obesity. However, differences in the distribution of serum NPY levels in obese phenotypes (including metabolically unhealthy obesity (MUO) phenotype and metabolic...