Racial Differences in the Relation between Blood Pressure and Insulin Resistance

Mohammed Saad; Stephen Lillioja; B. L. Grégoire Nyomba; C Castillo; R Ferraro; Michele De Gregorio; Éric Ravussin; William C. Knowler; Peter H. Bennett; Barbara V. Howard; Clifton Bogardus

doi:10.1056/nejm199103143241105

Abstract

The relations between insulinemia, insulin resistance, and blood pressure differ among racial groups and may be mediated by mechanisms active in whites, but not in Pima Indians or blacks.

Keywords

HyperinsulinemiaMedicineInsulin resistanceInternal medicineBlood pressureInsulinEndocrinologyDiabetes mellitusPancreatic hormone

MeSH Terms

AdultAnalysis of VarianceArizonaBlack PeopleBlood PressureEnergy MetabolismFemaleHumansIndiansNorth AmericanInsulinInsulin ResistanceMaleRacial GroupsUnited StatesWhite PeopleBlack or African American

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Year: 1991
Type: article
Volume: 324
Issue: 11
Pages: 733-739
Citations: 427
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                                    Mohammed Saad, 
                                
                                    Stephen Lillioja, 
                                
                                    B. L. Grégoire Nyomba
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1991). 
                            Racial Differences in the Relation between Blood Pressure and Insulin Resistance. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 324
                            (11)
                            , 733-739.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199103143241105
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejm199103143241105
PMID: 1997839

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