Handgrip strength and insulin levels: Cross-sectional and prospective associations in the Normative Aging Study

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1266-1269

  Lazarus, Ross ^b   Sparrow, David ^b   Weiss, Scott T ^a  

^a CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DYNAMOMETRY; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0030815463     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(97)90228-6     Document Type: Article

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