Glucose tolerance, insulin sensitivity and -cell function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with or without low-to-medium dose glucocorticoids
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Glucose tolerance, insulin sensitivity and β-cell function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with or without low-to-medium dose glucocorticoids.
OBJECTIVES To compare glucose tolerance and parameters of insulin sensitivity and β-cell function between chronic glucocorticoid (GC)-using and GC-naive patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS Frequently sampled 75 g oral glucose tolerance tests were performed in 58 chronic GC-using and 82 GC-naive patients with RA with established disease, with no known type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2011.151464