Insulin sensitivity and regular alcohol consumption: Large, prospective, cross sectional population study (Bruneck study)

British Medical Journal

Volumn 313, Issue 7064, 1996, Pages 1040-1044

  Kiechl, Stefan ^a   Willeit, Johann ^a   Poewe, Werner ^a   Egger, Georg ^b   Oberhollenzer, Friedrich ^b   Muggeo, Michele ^c   Bonora, Enzo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b BRUNECK HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBIN III; APOLIPOPROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; CHOLESTEROL; FIBRINOGEN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; ITALY; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0029851948     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7064.1040     Document Type: Article

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