Size at birth, fasting glucose and insulin levels and insulin resistance in adult twins

Twin Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 302-306

  Tuya, Chuluuntulga ^b   Mutch, William J ^b   Broom, Iain ^b   Campbell, Doris M ^a   McNeill, Geraldine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; TWINS;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TWINS;

EID: 0041877730     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905203322296665     Document Type: Article

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