Impaired fasting glucose is not a risk factor for atherosclerosis

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 212-218

  Hanefeld, Markolf ^a   Temelkova Kurktschiev, T ^b   Schaper, F ^b   Henkel, E ^b   Siegert, G ^b   Koehler, C ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis risk factors; Impaired fasting glucose; Impaired glucose tolerance; Intima media thickness; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; LIPID; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; PROINSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BODY MASS; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; RISK FACTOR;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FASTING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0032709715     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-5491.1999.00072.x     Document Type: Article

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