U-shaped relationship between insulin level and coronary artery calcification (CAC)

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1033-1040

  Tanaka, Muhei ^a,b   Fukui, Michiaki ^a   Tomiyasu, Ki ichiro ^b   Akabame, Satoshi ^b   Nakano, Koji ^b   Hasegawa, Goji ^a   Oda, Yohei ^a   Nakamura, Naoto ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Yamashiro Public Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

CAC; Hyperinsulinemia; Low insulin level

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 78349239693     PISSN: 13403478     EISSN: 18803873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5551/jat.5116     Document Type: Article

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