Peripheral insulin resistance rather than beta cell dysfunction accounts for geographical differences in impaired fasting blood glucose among sub-Saharan African individuals: findings from the RODAM study

Diabetologia

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 854-864

  Meeks, Karlijn A C ^a   Stronks, Karien ^a   Adeyemo, Adebowale ^b   Addo, Juliet ^c   Bahendeka, Silver ^d   Beune, Erik ^a   Owusu Dabo, Ellis ^e   Danquah, Ina ^f   Galbete, Cecilia ^f   Henneman, Peter ^a   Klipstein Grobusch, Kerstin ^g,h   Mockenhaupt, Frank P ⁱ   Osei, Kwame ^j   Schulze, Matthias B ^f   Spranger, Joachim ^i,k   Smeeth, Liam ^c   Agyemang, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UGANDA MARTYRS UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^e KUMASI CENTRE FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Ghana)

^f GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

ⁱ CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^j THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k DZHK GERMAN CENTRE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Beta cell function; Impaired fasting glycaemia; Insulin resistance; RODAM study; Sub Saharan Africans; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALORIC INTAKE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; GHANA; GHANAIAN; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS MODEL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; BLOOD; BODY MASS; DIET RESTRICTION; EUROPE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPE; FASTING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85011290506     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-017-4216-4     Document Type: Article

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