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Is there a simple way to identify insulin-resistant individuals at increased risk of cardiovascular disease?
The American journal of cardiology - 1 Aug 2005
McLaughlin Tracey, Reaven Gerald, Abbasi Fahim, Lamendola Cindy, Saad Mohammed, Waters David, Simon Joel, Krauss Ronald M
Abstract excerpt
The goal of this study was to evaluate the ability of various routine measures of lipoprotein metabolism to identify patients who were insulin resistant and dyslipidemic, and therefore, at increased risk of cardiovascular disease. For this purpose, insulin resistance was quantified by determining the steady-state plasma glucose concentration during the insulin suppression test in 449 apparently healthy patients....
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