Could statistical adjustments for age mask the insulin-blood pressure relationship?

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 104-107

  Schutte, Aletta E ^a   O'Dea, Kerin ^b   Schwarz, Peter E H ^c  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Blood pressure; Ethnicity; Fasting insulin

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HUMANS; INSULIN; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP;

EID: 33645305688     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2005.09.008     Document Type: Article

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