Obesity mediates the association between mediterranean diet consumption and insulin resistance and inflammation in US adults

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 563-571

  Park, Yong Moon ^a,b   Zhang, Jiajia ^b   Steck, Susan E ^b   Fung, Teresa T ^c,d   Hazlett, Linda J ^b   Han, Kyungdo ^e   Ko, Seung Hyun ^e   Merchant, Anwar T ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Inflammation; Insulin resistance; Mediation; Mediterranean diet; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; OBESITY; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; AGED; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMARKERS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85019943229     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.116.243543     Document Type: Article

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