Does fasting plasma insulin increase by age in the general elderly population?

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 277-280

  Lindberg, O ^a   Tilvis, R S ^a   Strandberg, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Elderly; Insulin; Medication; Obesity; Physical inactivity

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INSULIN; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH;

EID: 0030881577     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03341830     Document Type: Article

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