Sexual dimorphism of leptin and adiposity in children between 0 and 10 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Jose Guillermo Ortega-Avila; Harry García-Muñoz; Alejandro Segura Ordoñez; Blanca C. Salazar Contreras

doi:10.1186/s13293-022-00454-y

Biology of Sex Differences (Sep 2022)

Sexual dimorphism of leptin and adiposity in children between 0 and 10 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Jose Guillermo Ortega-Avila,
Harry García-Muñoz,
Alejandro Segura Ordoñez,
Blanca C. Salazar Contreras

Affiliations

Jose Guillermo Ortega-Avila: Grupo de Investigación de Ciencias Básicas y Clínicas de la Salud, Departamento de Ciencias Básicas de la Salud, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Seccional-Cali
Harry García-Muñoz: Grupo de investigación Salud y Movimiento, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santiago de Cali
Alejandro Segura Ordoñez: Grupo de investigación Salud y Movimiento, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santiago de Cali
Blanca C. Salazar Contreras: Grupo de investigación Salud y Movimiento, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santiago de Cali

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-022-00454-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

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Highlights Differences by sex in blood leptin and body fat percentage in children are present before 10 years old Girls have higher circulating leptin and body fat percentage than boys The sex differences in blood leptin and adiposity in children increase progressively with the age

Published in Biology of Sex Differences

ISSN: 2042-6410 (Online)
Publisher: BMC
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine; Science: Physiology
Website: http://bsd.biomedcentral.com

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