Higher fasting insulin but lower fasting C-peptide levels in African Americans in the US population

Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 149-155

  Harris, Maureen I ^a   Cowie, Catherine C ^a   Gu, Ken ^b   Francis, Mildred E ^b   Flegal, Katherine ^c   Eberhardt, Mark S ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; C peptide; Insulin; Mexican American

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN CLEARANCE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; C-PEPTIDE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036244844     PISSN: 15207552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.273     Document Type: Article

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