Metabolic diseases and associated complications: Sex and gender matter

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 631-648

  Kautzky Willer, A ^a   Handisurya, A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic complications; Fetal programming; Gender; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ACARBOSE; ADIPOCYTOKINE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CANDESARTAN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLITAZONE DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE; HYPERGLYCEMIC AGENT; INSULIN; LIPID; METFORMIN; PIOGLITAZONE; PRAVASTATIN; RAMIPRIL; ROSIGLITAZONE; SEX HORMONE; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN; TRANDOLAPRIL; TROGLITAZONE;

BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC MACROANGIOPATHY; DIABETIC MICROANGIOPATHY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; ENERGY BALANCE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXERCISE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FRACTURE; GENDER; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCIENCE; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 68149134789     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2009.02161.x     Document Type: Review

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