Similarity of cutaneous reactive hyperemia in the forearm of women with and without hyperinsulinemia

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 611-615

  Seywert, A J ^a   Kubli, S ^b   Giusti, V ^b   Feihl, F ^b   Waeber, B ^b   Tappy, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Endothelial function; Menopause; Reactive hyperemia; Skin blood flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIRCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; FOREARM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MICROCIRCULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN MANIFESTATION; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; HYPERINSULINISM; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; SKIN;

EID: 1842866970     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802587     Document Type: Article

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