The association between triglyceride to high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and insulin resistance in a multiethnic primary prevention cohort

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 583-589

  Gasevic, Danijela ^a   Frohlich, Jiri ^b   Mancini, G B John ^b   Lear, Scott A ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84858438832     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: 15328600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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