Insulin resistant young subjects at risk of accelerated atherosclerosis exhibit a marked reduction in peripheral endothelial function early in life but not differences in intima-media thickness

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 303-309

  Balletshofer, Bernd M ^a   Rittig, Kilian ^a   Stock, Jan ^a   Lehn Stefan, Angela ^a   Overkamp, Dietrich ^a   Dietz, Klaus ^a   Häring, Hans U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Endothelial dysfunction; Endothelium; Flow mediated dilation; Glucose clamp; Humans; Hyperinsulinaemia; Insulin resistance; Intima media thickness; Nitric oxide; Non insulin dependent diabetes; Risk factors; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROLTRINITRATE; TRINITRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0344464804     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2003.08.013     Document Type: Article

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