A family history of diabetes is related to abnormal insulin sensitivity in African-Caribbean girls of low birth weight: Is catch-up weight important?

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 424-428

  Chambers, Earle C ^a,c   Tull, Eugene S ^a   Fraser, Henry ^b   Mutunhu, Nyasha R ^a   Sobers, Natasha P ^b   Niles, Elisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Insulin resistance; Low birthweight

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BOY; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GIRL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTHROPOMETRY; BARBADOS; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 24344492308     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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