Forearm resistance vessel abnormalities and insulin resistance in obese adolescents.
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Forearm resistance vessel abnormalities and insulin resistance in obese adolescents.
To determine if structural changes in forearm resistance vessels are associated with insulin resistance, we evaluated the relation between minimum forearm vascular resistance and insulin resistance in 95 obese adolescents before and after weight loss. Insulin resistance was assessed by fasting insulin levels and sum of insulin values after an oral glucose tolerance test in all 95 subjects and w...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hypertension
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0194-911X,1524-4563
DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.19.6.615