Insulin resistance and intima-media thickness in the carotid and femoral arteries of clinically healthy 58-year-old men. The Atherosclerosis and Insulin Resistance Study (AIR)

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 249, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-67

  Bokemark, L ^a   Wikstrand, J ^b   Attvall, S ^a   Hulthe, J ^b   Wedel, H ^c   Fagerberg, Björn ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carotid artery atherosclerosis; Insulin; Insulin resistance; Intima media thickness

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMORAL ARTERY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THICKNESS;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMORAL ARTERY; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0035137756     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2001.00735.x     Document Type: Article

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