Relationship between fasting plasma glucose, atherosclerosis risk factors and carotid intima media thickness in non-diabetic individuals

Diabetologia

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 706-712

  Temelkova Kurktschiev, T ^a   Koehler, C ^b   Schaper, F ^b   Henkel, E ^b   Hahnefeld, A ^b   Fuecker, K ^b   Siegert, C ^b   Hanefeld, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Blood pressure; Endothelial dysfunction; Fasting plasma glucose; Insulin; Intima media thickness; Lipoproteins; Proinsulin

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE; CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; INSULIN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR; PROINSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTIMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGE FACTORS; ALBUMINURIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CAROTID ARTERIES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FAMILY HEALTH; FASTING; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PLASMINOGEN INACTIVATORS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0031812833     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250050972     Document Type: Article

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