Relation between birth weight and the insulin sensitivity index in a population sample of 331 young, healthy Caucasians

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-31

  Clausen, Jesper O ^a,b   Borch Johnsen, Knut ^a   Pedersen, Oluf ^b  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Birth weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0030743847     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009188     Document Type: Article

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