The relationship in African-Americans of sex differences in insulin- mediated suppression of nonesterified fatty acids to sex differences in fasting triglyceride levels

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 400-405

  Sumner, Anne E ^a   Kushner, Harvey ^a   Tulenko, Thomas N ^a   Falkner, Bonita ^a   Marsh, Julian B ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIET RESTRICTION; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030950509     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-0495(97)90055-X     Document Type: Article

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