P8.04 ARTERIAL FUNCTION AND INSULIN SENSITIVITY: THEIR INTERPLAY IN EUGLYCAEMIC, NEVER-TREATED HYPERTENSIVES

Background: Insulin resistance is a feature of essential hypertension. The interrelationships of indices of insulin resistance and arterial function in euglycaemic, never-treated hypertensives has not been addressed. To this end, we investigated the correlations of two insulin resistance indices (HO...

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Main Authors: P. Xaplanteris, C. Vlachopoulos, G. Vyssoulis, G. Antoniou, C. Stefanadis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-12-01
Series:Artery Research
Online Access:https://www.atlantis-press.com/article/125927238/view