Relation of Plasma Insulin Levels to Forearm Flow-Mediated Dilatation in Healthy Volunteers

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1250-1254

  Ardigo, Diego ^a,b   Franzini, Laura ^a   Valtuena, Silvia ^a   Monti, Lucilla D ^c   Reaven, Gerald M ^b   Zavaroni, Ivana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; GENDER; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION; VOLUNTEER; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGED; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FASTING; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; INSULIN; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEX FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; VASODILATION; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 33645733072     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.11.047     Document Type: Article

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