Insulin sensitivity index, acute insulin response, and glucose effectiveness in a population-based sample of 380 young healthy Caucasians: Analysis of the impact of gender, body fat, physical fitness, and life-style factors

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1195-1209

  Clausen, Jesper O ^a,e   Borch Johnsen, Knut ^a   Ibsen, Hans ^a   Bergman, Richard N ^b   Hougaard, Philip ^c   Winther, Kaj ^a,d   Pedersen, Oluf ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^d KOLDING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

body fat; glucose effectiveness; insulin secretion; insulin sensitivity; life style factors

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; TOLBUTAMIDE;

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029775612     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI118903     Document Type: Article

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