Relationship of glucose and insulin levels to the risk of myocardial infarction: A case-control study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 612-619

  Gerstein, Hertzel C ^a,c   Pais, Prem ^b   Pogue, Janice ^a   Yusuf, Salim ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST JOHN S MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c Department of Medicine ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIPID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INSULIN; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0033101684     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00637-8     Document Type: Article

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