Twin study of genetic and environmental influences on glucose tolerance and indices of insulin sensitivity and secretion

Diabetologia

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1276-1283

  Schousboe, K ^a,b   Visscher, P M ^b,c   Henriksen, J E ^d   Hopper, J L ^b   Sorensen T I A ^e   Kyvik, K O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Age; Glucose; Heritability; HOMA; Insulin secretion; Insulin sensibility; OGTT; Twins

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETICS; HEALTH STATUS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALITY; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENT; FASTING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; TWINS;

EID: 0041813673     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-003-1165-x     Document Type: Article

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