Lower insulin sensitivity as an independent risk factor for carotid wall thickening in normotensive, non-diabetic, non-smoking normal weight and obese premenopausal women

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 825-829

  De Pergola, G ^a,b   Ciccone, M ^a   Pannacciulli, N ^a   Modugno, M ^a   Sciaraffia, M ^a   Minenna, A ^a   Rizzon, P ^a   Giorgino, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Insulin resistance; Intima media thickness; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0033937366     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801239     Document Type: Article

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