Impaired glucose tolerance and elavated blood pressure in low birth rate weight, nonobese, young South African adults: Early programming of cortisol axis

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 4611-4618

  Levitt, N S ^a   Lambert, E V ^a   Woods, D ^a   Hales, C N ^a   Andrew, R ^a   Seckl, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CATCH UP GROWTH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HORMONE METABOLISM; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPIDS; MALE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0034489128     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.85.12.4611     Document Type: Article

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