The Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Study (IRAS). Objectives, design, and recruitment results

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 464-472

  Wagenknecht, Lynne E ^a   Mayer, Elizabeth J ^a   Rewers, Marian ^b   Haffner, Steven ^c   Selby, Joseph ^d   Borok, Gerald M ^e   Henkin, Leora ^a   Howard, George ^a   Savage, Peter J ^f   Saad, Mohammed F ^g   Bergman, Richard N ^g   Hamman, Richard ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^e KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; blacks; glucose tolerance test; Hispanic Americans; Insulin resistance; non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAUCASOID RACE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMAN; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEGROID RACE; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028811449     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1047-2797(95)00062-3     Document Type: Article

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