Ethnic differences in beta-cell function, dietary intake and expression of the metabolic syndrome among UK adults of South Asian, black African-Caribbean and white-European origin at high risk of metabolic syndrome

Diabetes and Vascular Disease Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 315-323

  Goff, Louise M ^a   Griffin, Bruce A ^b   Lovegrove, Julie A ^c   Sanders, Tom A ^a   Jebb, Susan A ^d   Bluck, Les J ^d   Frost, Gary S ^e  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African Caribbeans; beta cell function; ethnicity; Insulin resistance; lipid profile; metabolic syndrome; South Asians

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CELL FUNCTION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HEART PROTECTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN RESPONSE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTRAVENOUS GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; RISK FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AFRICAN-CARIBBEANS; BETA-CELL FUNCTION; ETHNICITY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID PROFILE; METABOLIC SYNDROME; SOUTH ASIANS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84879331488     PISSN: 14791641     EISSN: 17528984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1479164112467545     Document Type: Article

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