Estimating the reliability of glycemic index values and potential sources of methodological and biological variability

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1004-1013

  Matthan, Nirupa R ^a   Ausman, Lynne M ^a   Meng, Huicui ^a   Tighiouart, Hocine ^b   Lichtenstein, Alice H ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gglycated hemoglobin; Glycemic index; Healthy volunteers; Iinsulin index; Variability

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BREAD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BLOOD; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BREAD; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84990051435     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.116.137208     Document Type: Article

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