Do increased proinsulin concentrations explain the excess risk of coronary heart disease in diabetic and prediabetic subjects?

Circulation

Volumn 105, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 2008-2009

  Haffner, Steven M ^a,b   Hanley, Anthony J G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Diabetes; Editorials; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; PROINSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; PROINSULIN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037197761     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000016940.94498.49     Document Type: Editorial

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