Prospective associations of fasting insulin, body fat distribution, and diabetes with risk of ischemic stroke

Diabetes Care

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1077-1083

  Folsom, Aaron R ^a   Rasmussen, Mandy L ^a   Chambless, Lloyd E ^b   Howard, George ^c   Cooper, Lawton S ^d   Schmidt, Maria Inês ^b,e   Heiss, Gerardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032977728     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.22.7.1077     Document Type: Article

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