Association of Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load With Risk of Incident Coronary Heart Disease Among Whites and African Americans With and Without Type 2 Diabetes: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 610-616

  Hardy, Dale S ^a   Hoelscher, Deanna M ^a   Aragaki, Corinne ^a   Stevens, June ^b   Steffen, Lyn M ^c   Pankow, James S ^c   Boerwinkle, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Coronary Heart Disease; Glycemic Index; Glycemic Load; Race; Type 2 Diabetes; Whites

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; GLYCEMIC LOAD; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; CORONARY DISEASE; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77954280478     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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