In which patients will performing an oral glucose tolerance test yield the highest rate of positive results?

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 64-68

  Uzunlulu, Mehmet ^a,b   Oguz, A ^a   Yorulmaz, E ^a  

^a E itim ve Ara tirma Hastanesi   (Turkey)

^b Altaycesme Mahallesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Impaired glucose tolerance; Oral glucose tolerance test

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 33646801262     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/acb.2006.012     Document Type: Article

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