British South Asians aged 13-16 years have higher fasting glucose and insulin levels than Europeans

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1275-1277

  Whincup, Peter H ^a   Gilg, J A ^a   Owen, C G ^a   Odoki, K ^a   Alberti, K G M M ^b   Cook, D G ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fasting plasma glucose; Insulin resistance; South Asian Ethnicity Adolescence

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PUBERTY; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ASIA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; ENGLAND; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPIDS; MALE; WALES;

EID: 24044511502     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2005.01587.x     Document Type: Article

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