The metabolic syndrome: is this diagnosis necessary?

Volume: 83, Issue: 6, Pages: 1237 - 1247
Published: Jun 1, 2006
Abstract
Values of insulin-mediated glucose disposal vary continuously throughout a population of apparently healthy persons, and a difference of > or = 600% exists between the most insulin-sensitive and the most insulin-resistant persons. Approximately 50% of this variability can be attributed to differences in adiposity (25%) and fitness (25%), with the remaining 50% likely of genetic origin. The more insulin-resistant a person, the more likely that he...
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The metabolic syndrome: is this diagnosis necessary?
Published Date
Jun 1, 2006
Volume
83
Issue
6
Pages
1237 - 1247
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