Sex Differences in the Association Between Proinsulin and Intact Insulin With Coronary Heart Disease in Nondiabetic Older Adults | Zendy

JeeYoung Oh | Zendy; Elizabeth BarrettConnor | Zendy; Nicole M. Wedick | Zendy

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Sex Differences in the Association Between Proinsulin and Intact Insulin With Coronary Heart Disease in Nondiabetic Older Adults

Author(s) -

JeeYoung Oh,

Elizabeth BarrettConnor,

Nicole M. Wedick

Publication year - 2002

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/hc1102.105565

Subject(s) - proinsulin , medicine , insulin , endocrinology , diabetes mellitus , c peptide , body mass index , blood pressure , insulin resistance , radioimmunoassay , family history , type 2 diabetes

Insulin or insulin resistance is considered a coronary heart disease (CHD) risk factor, but proinsulin may have a stronger association with CHD than insulin. The role of sex differences in this association is unclear. We examined the cross-sectional association of proinsulin and insulin with CHD in older men and women without diabetes.

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