Temporal relations between obesity and insulin: Longitudinal data from the normative aging study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 173-179

  Lazarus, Ross ^a,c   Sparrow, David ^b   Weiss, Scott ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causality; Diabetes mellitus; Insulin; Insulin resistance; Non insulin dependent; Obesity; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0032518734     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009431     Document Type: Article

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