The triglyceride/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio fails to predict insulin resistance in African-American women: An analysis of Jackson Heart Study

Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 511-514

  Sumner, Anne E ^a   Harman, Jane L ^b   Buxbaum, Sarah G ^c   Miller III, Bernard V ^a   Tambay, Anita V ^a   Wyatt, Sharon B ^d   Taylor, Herman A ^e   Rotimi, Charles N ^f   Sarpong, Daniel F ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; YOUDEN INDEX;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSISSIPPI; PROGNOSIS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 78649948254     PISSN: 15404196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/met.2010.0028     Document Type: Article

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