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

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...

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Main Authors: Hao-Neng Tang, Fen Xiao, Ya-Ru Chen, Si-Qi Zhuang, Yue Guo, Hui-Xuan Wu, Hou-De Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Mediators of Inflammation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/7903140
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