Relationship between plasma nitric oxide concentration and insulin resistance in essential hypertension

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 549-552

  Zavaroni, Ivana ^a,e   Ardigo, Diego ^a   Rossi, Pier Carlo ^b   Zuccarelli, Alessandra ^b   Pacetti, Edoarda ^b   Monti, Lucilla ^c   Piatti, Pier Marco ^c   Reaven, Gerald M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Pontremoli Hospital   (Italy)

^c IRCCS   (Italy)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Dept of Int Med and Biomed Sci ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Insulin resistance; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; STATISTICS;

EID: 3042685240     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.02.009     Document Type: Article

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