The prediction of insulin resistance with serum triglyceride and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in an East African population [9]

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1236-1237

  Bovet, Pascal ^a   Faeh, David ^b   Gabriel, Anne ^b   Tappy, Luc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AFRICA; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIET RESTRICTION; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LETTER; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MEDICAL CARE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AFRICA, EASTERN; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 33745054603     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.166.11.1236-b     Document Type: Letter

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