Levels of Free Fatty Acids (FFA) Are Associated with Insulin Resistance But Do Not Explain the Relationship between Adiposity and Insulin Resistance in Hispanic Americans: The IRAS Family Study
Author(s) -
Melissa Miller,
Rocio I. Pereira,
Carl D. Langefeld,
Carlos Lorenzo,
Jerome I. Rotter,
Yii-Der Ida Chen,
Richard N. Bergman,
Lynne E. Wagenknecht,
Jill M. Norris,
Tasha E. Fingerlin
Publication year - 2012
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.2012-1318
Subject(s) - insulin resistance , medicine , endocrinology , body mass index , adipose tissue , insulin , obesity
We investigated whether free fatty acids (FFA) mediate the association between adiposity and insulin resistance in the Hispanic-American families of the Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Family Study.
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