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Gender differences in the association of insulin resistance and high-sensitivity c-reactive protein in obese adolescents

BACKGROUND: Low-grade vascular inflammation is believed to initiate early atherosclerotic process by inducing insulin resistance (IR), with significant gender differences in adults. We evaluated the relationship between surrogate measures of inflammation and IR in obese adolescents. METHODS: The ass...

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Autores principales: Alemzadeh, Ramin, Kichler, Jessica
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3974110/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24555754
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2251-6581-13-35