Glucose tolerance and resistance to insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in men aged 70 years in relation to size at birth

Diabetologia

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1133-1138

  McKeigue, P M ^a   Lithell, H O ^b   Leon, D A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Fetal development; Glucose clamp technique; Insulin resistance; Longitudinal studies

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

AGED; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY;

EID: 0031783161     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250051042     Document Type: Article

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