Insulin sensitivity and cardiovascular risk factors in hypertensive and normotensive native Ghanaians

Diabetologia

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 949-955

  Amoah, A G B ^a   Schuster, D P ^b   Gaillard, T ^b   Osei, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Ghanaians; Hypertension; Insulin resistance; Insulin sensitivity; Lipids; Lipoproteins

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; DRINKING; FEMALE; GHANA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HIP; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FASTING; GHANA; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPOPROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0041570234     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-003-1130-8     Document Type: Article

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