Fasting insulin level underestimates risk of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus due to confounding by insulin secretion

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 18-23

  Boyko, Edward J ^a,b   Leonetti, Donna L ^c   Bergstrom, Richard W ^a   Fujimoto, Wilfred Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

bias (epidemiology); C peptides; diabetes mellitus; insulin; non insulin dependent; prospective studies

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RELEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031014533     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009027     Document Type: Article

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