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Women relatives of Hispanic patients with type 2 diabetes are more prone to exhibit metabolic disturbances.
Investigacion clinica - 1 Jun 1999
Florez H, Ryder E, Campos G, Fernandez V, Morales L M, Valbuena H, Rincón E, Gómez M E, Raleigh X
Abstract excerpt
Hyperinsulinemia and impaired insulin action are familial and predictive of Type 2 diabetes onset. Since high levels of insulin are characteristic of our general (venezuelan)hispanic population, the purpose of this investigation was to identify early metabolic defects in a group of healthy first degree relatives of Type 2 diabetic patients. We studied 46 (29 women and 17 men; ages ranging 18-66 y) first degree...
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