The Association of the Triglyceride-to-HDL Cholesterol Ratio with Insulin Resistance in White European and South Asian Men and Women

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Mostafa, Samiul A ^a   Davies, Melanie J ^a   Morris, Danielle H ^a   Yates, Tom ^a   Srinivasan, Balasubramanian Thiagarajan ^a   Webb, David ^a   Brady, Emer ^a   Khunti, Kamlesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84870923849     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050931     Document Type: Article

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