Ethnic differences in the contribution of insulin action and secretion to type 2 diabetes in immigrants from the Middle East compared to native Swedes.

Summary, in English

We investigated insulin action (insulin sensitivity index, ISI) and insulin secretion (oral disposition indices, DIo) and studied metabolic, demographic and lifestyle-related risk factors for type 2 diabetes and insulin action, in the largest non-European immigrant group to Sweden, immigrants from Iraq and native Swedes.

• Författare: Louise Bennet; Leif Groop; Paul Franks
• Avdelning/ar: Allmänmedicin och samhällsmedicin; Translationell Muskel Forskning; Genetisk och molekylär epidemiologi; EXODIAB: Excellence of Diabetes Research in Sweden; EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
• Publiceringsår: 2014
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 79-87
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
• Volym: 105
• Issue: 1
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• Länkar: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24842242?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2014.04.025
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: Elsevier
• Ämne: Endocrinology and Diabetes
• Status: Published
• Projekt: The MEDIM project
• Forskningsgrupp: Family Medicine and Community Medicine; Genomics, Diabetes and Endocrinology; Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 1872-8227