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Inverse association between insulin resistance and gait speed in nondiabetic older men: results from the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2002

BACKGROUND: Recent studies have revealed the associations between insulin resistance (IR) and geriatric conditions such as frailty and cognitive impairment. However, little is known about the relation of IR to physical impairment and limitation in the aging process, eg. slow gait speed and poor musc...

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Autores principales: Kuo, Chen-Ko, Lin, Lian-Yu, Yu, Yau-Hua, Wu, Kuan-Han, Kuo, Hsu-Ko
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2784762/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19922671
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-9-49