Waist circumference predicts insulin resistance in offspring of diabetic patients

Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 101-108

  Kuo, C S ^a   Hwu, C M ^a   Chiang, S C ^a   Hsiao, L C ^a   Weih, M J ^a   Kao, W Y ^a   Lee, S H ^a   Kwok, C F ^a   Ho, L T ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Insulin resistance; Waist circumference; Waist hip ratio

Indexed keywords

FAT; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; TAIWAN; ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY CONSTITUTION; GENETICS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS, NON-INSULIN-DEPENDENT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TAIWAN; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS;

BIA;

EID: 0036105034     PISSN: 03943402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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