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Fasting Serum C‐Peptide Levels Predict Cardiovascular and Overall Death in Nondiabetic Adults

BACKGROUND: Insulin resistance, characterized by hyperinsulinemia and normal or elevated serum glucose, is an established precursor to diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Despite fasting serum C‐peptide levels being an accurate and stable marker of endogenous insulin production used in patients wit...

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Autores principales: Patel, Nileshkumar, Taveira, Tracey H., Choudhary, Gaurav, Whitlatch, Hilary, Wu, Wen‐Chih
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3540682/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23316320
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.112.003152