Sex Differences in the Association Between Insulin Resistance and Incident Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke Among Blacks Without Diabetes Mellitus: The Jackson Heart Study

Sex Differences in the Association Between Insulin Resistance and Incident Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke Among Blacks Without Diabetes Mellitus: The Jackson Heart Study

BackgroundStudies exploring the association between insulin resistance (IR) and cardiovascular disease in blacks have not been conclusive, especially for coronary heart disease (CHD). The McAuley index and homeostasis model assessment of IR (HOMA‐IR) perform differently in predicting cardiovascular...

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Main Authors: Valery S. Effoe, Lynne E. Wagenknecht, Justin B. Echouffo Tcheugui, Haiying Chen, Joshua J. Joseph, Rita R. Kalyani, Ronny A. Bell, Wen‐Chih H. Wu, Ramon Casanova, Alain G. Bertoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-02-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
blacks
cardiovascular disease risk factors
cerebrovascular disease/stroke
coronary heart disease
epidemiology
insulin resistance
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.116.004229

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