The association between hematological parameters and insulin resistance is modified by body mass index - results from the North-East Italy MoMa population study.

OBJECTIVE: Increments in red blood cell count (RBC), hemoglobin (Hb) and hematocrit (Ht) levels are reportedly associated with higher insulin resistance (IR). Obesity may cause IR, but underlying factors remain incompletely defined, and interactions between obesity, hematological parameters and IR a...

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Principais autores: Rocco Barazzoni, Gianluca Gortan Cappellari, Annamaria Semolic, Enrico Chendi, Mario Ius, Roberta Situlin, Michela Zanetti, Pierandrea Vinci, Gianfranco Guarnieri
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
coleção:PLoS ONE
Acesso em linha:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4085001?pdf=render