Elevated fasting plasma insulin in a general aged population: An innocent companion of cardiovascular diseases

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 407-412

  Lindberg, Otto ^a   Tilvis, Reijo S ^a   Strandberg, Timo E ^a   Valvanne, Jaakko ^b   Sairanen, Sirpa ^c   Ehnholm, Christian ^d   Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Helsinki City Health Center   (Finland)

^c Health Center of Vantaa   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; INSULIN;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030887849     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb05163.x     Document Type: Article

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