Fat distribution and glucose intolerance among greenland inuit

Diabetes Care

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2988-2994

  Jorgensen, Marit Eika ^a   Borch Johnsen, Knut ^b   Stolk, Ronald ^c   Bjerregaard, Peter ^d  

^a STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

^b HOLBÆK HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET RESTRICTION; ECHOGRAPHY; ESKIMO; FEMALE; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GREENLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE PER HOMEOSTASIS MODEL ASSESSMENT; INTERVIEW; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GREENLAND; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891867369     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc12-2703     Document Type: Article

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