Open AccessAssociation of early-onset coronary heart disease in South Asian men with glucose intolerance and hyperinsulinemia.
Author(s) -
Paul McKeigue,
J. E. Ferrie,
T. Pierpoint,
Michael Marmot
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.87.1.152
Subject(s) - medicine , hyperinsulinemia , insulin resistance , odds ratio , demography , diabetes mellitus , risk factor , endocrinology , cardiology , insulin , sociology
Rates of coronary heart disease are higher in South Asians (Indians, Pakistanis, and Bangladeshis) settled overseas than in other ethnic groups. We tested the hypothesis that this excess risk results from metabolic disturbances associated with insulin resistance.
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