The Metabolic Syndrome, Insulin Resistance, and Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetic and Nondiabetic Patients
Author(s) -
Christoph H. Saely,
Stefan Aczél,
Thomas Marte,
P. Langer,
Guenter Hoefle,
Heinz Drexel
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2005-0799
Subject(s) - insulin resistance , medicine , metabolic syndrome , hazard ratio , vascular resistance , diabetes mellitus , coronary artery disease , prospective cohort study , type 2 diabetes , confidence interval , incidence (geometry) , insulin , endocrinology , cardiology , blood pressure , physics , optics
The contribution of insulin resistance per se to the vascular risk conferred by the metabolic syndrome (MetS) is not known; conversely, it is uncertain whether insulin resistance confers vascular risk beyond the entity of the MetS.
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