Variations in vitamin D-binding protein (group-specific component protein) are associated with fasting plasma insulin levels in Japanese with normal glucose tolerance

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1951-1953

  Hirai, Masashi ^a   Suzuki, Susumu ^a   Hinokio, Yoshinori ^a   Hirai, Aki ^a   Chiba, Masaki ^a   Akai, Hiroaki ^a   Suzuki, Chitose ^a   Toyota, Takayoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; VITAMIN D BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRIGLYCERIDES; VARIATION (GENETICS); VITAMIN D-BINDING PROTEIN;

EID: 0034455737     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.85.5.1951     Document Type: Article

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