Relatively more atherogenic coronary heart disease risk factors in prediabetic women than in prediabetic men
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Insulin-resistant prediabetic subjects have more atherogenic risk factors than insulin-sensitive prediabetic subjects: implications for preventing coronary heart disease during the prediabetic state.
BACKGROUND Subjects who convert to type 2 diabetes mellitus have increased cardiovascular risk factors relative to nonconverters. However, it is not known whether these atherogenic changes in the prediabetic state are predominantly due to insulin resistance, decreased insulin secretion, or both. METHODS AND RESULTS We examined this issue in the 7-year follow-up of the San Antonio Heart Study,...
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عنوان ژورنال: Diabetologia
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0012-186X,1432-0428
DOI: 10.1007/s001250050738