Age-dependent impact of zygosity and birth weight on insulin secretion and insulin action in twins

Diabetologia

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1649-1657

  Poulsen, P ^a   Levin, K ^a   Beck Nielsen, H ^a   Vaag, A ^b  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Insulin resistance; Insulin secretion; Twins; Type 2 diabetes; Zygosity

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETICS; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; AGE; AGED; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRAVENOUS GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN ZYGOSITY;

ADULT; AGING; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0036460038     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-002-0983-6     Document Type: Article

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