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Association between obesity phenotypes of insulin resistance and risk of type 2 diabetes in African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study
20 Nov 2019
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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether insulin resistance (IR) measured by homeostasis model of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) can further stratify diabetes risk in African Americans (AAs) beyond obesity and identify obese, low risk and non-obese, high risk individuals. METHODS: Using the Jackson Heart Study cohort, we categorized participants without diabetes into four phenotypes: non-obese/insulin-sensitive,...
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