Ethnic differences in insulinemia and sympathetic tone as links between obesity and blood pressure

Hypertension

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 531-537

  Weyer, Christian ^a,d   Pratley, Richard E ^a   Snitker, Soren ^b   Spraul, Maximilian ^c   Ravussin, Eric ^a   Tataranni, P Antonio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Autonomic nervous system; Ethnic groups; Hyperinsulinism; Hypertension, obesity

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROGRAPHY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 0033775113     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.36.4.531     Document Type: Article

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