Age-dependent nongenetic influences of birth weight and adult body fat on insulin sensitivity in twins

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2394-2399

  Monrad, Rikke Nygaard ^a   Grunnet, Louise Groth ^a,b   Rasmussen, Eva Lind ^a   Malis, Charlotte ^a   Vaag, Allan ^a   Poulsen, Pernille ^a  

^a STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LEG; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRUNK; TWINS; ZYGOSITY;

EID: 67650245573     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2008-1858     Document Type: Article

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