UK Prospective Diabetes Study. V. Characteristics of newly presenting type 2 diabetic patients: estimated insulin sensitivity and islet 4-cell function. Multi-centre study.

UK Prospective Diabetes Study. V. Characteristics of newly presenting type 2 diabetic patients: estimated insulin sensitivity and islet 4-cell function. Multi-centre study.

In 713 newly diagnosed Caucasian diabetic patients aged 25-65 inclusive, insulin sensitivity and islet B-cell function were estimated from fasting plasma glucose and insulin concentrations by Homeostasis Model Assessment. Insulin sensitivity was reduced in obese subjects. It was also slightly lower...

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Main Authors: Turner, R, Mann, J, Holman, R, Howard-Williams, JR, Oakes, S, Nugent, Z, Moore, J, Aldington, S, Stearn, M, Palmer, S, Hockaday, T, Murchison, L, Pearson, D, Williams, M, Lean, M, Wright, D, Fitzgerald, MG, Gyde, S, Chakrabarti, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1988

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