Serum proinsulin levels are disproportionately increased in elderly prediabetic subjects

Diabetologia

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 1176-1182

  MykkAnen L ^a,b   Haffner, S M ^b   Kuusisto, J ^a   PyorAlA K ^a   Hales, C N ^c   Laakso, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

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

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

epidemiology; follow up study; insulin; insulin secretion; non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; Proinsulin

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; PROINSULIN;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FASTING; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; INSULIN; PREDIABETIC STATE; PROINSULIN; REFERENCE VALUES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0029050206     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00422366     Document Type: Article

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