Why the plasma TG/HDL-C concentration ratio does not predict insulin resistance in African Americans [5]

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 249-

  Reaven, Gerald ^b   McLaughlin, Traceu ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 31344435392     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.166.2.249-a     Document Type: Letter

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