Alcohol drinking, the metabolic syndrome and diabetes in a population with high mean alcohol consumption

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1241-1249

  Clerc, O ^a   Nanchen, D ^a,b   Cornuz, J ^a   Marques Vidal, P ^b,c   Gmel, G ^d   Daeppen, J B ^d   Paccaud, F ^b   Mooser, V ^e   Waeber, G ^d   Vollenweider, P ^d   Rodondi, N ^a  

^a Department of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Diabetes; Insulin resistance; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREVALENCE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 77958611767     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2010.03094.x     Document Type: Article

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