Relationship of glucose intolerance to coronary risk in Afro-Caribbeans compared with Europeans

Diabetologia

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1994, Pages 765-772

  Chaturvedi, N ^a   McKeigue, P M ^b   Marmot, M G ^a,b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

insulin resistance; Lipoproteins; obesity; skinfolds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; APOLIPOPROTEINS B; CARIBBEAN REGION; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0028071248     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00404333     Document Type: Article

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