Elevated plasma high-sensitivity C-reactive protein concentrations in Asian Indians living in the United States

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3773-3776

  Chandalia, Manisha ^a,b   Cabo Chan Jr , Alberto V ^a,b   Devaraj, Sridevi ^c   Jialal, Ishwarlal ^c   Grundy, Scott M ^a,b   Abate, Nicola ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SKINFOLD; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; AREA UNDER CURVE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INDIA; INSULIN; ISLAM; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042384395     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2003-030301     Document Type: Article

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