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Insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia in hypertension.
Journal of hypertension. Supplement : official journal of the International Society of Hypertension - 1 Aug 1995
Weidmann P, Böhlen L, de Courten M
Abstract excerpt
GENETIC PREDISPOSITION: Insulin resistance and reactive hyperinsulinemia occur not only with obesity, impaired glucose tolerance or non-insulin-dependent (type 2) diabetes mellitus, but also in many non-obese, non-diabetic patients with essential hypertension and their currently normotensive, lean, young offspring, as well as in some other conditions known to promote hypertension. Insulin resistance impairs...
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