Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental
Volume 55, Issue 12 , Pages 1569-1573 , December 2006

Simple anthropometric measures identify fasting hyperinsulinemia and clustering of cardiovascular risk factors in Asian Indian adolescents

  • Anoop Misra

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Fortis Hospital, New Delhi-110016, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +91 11 41759672; fax: +91 11 41759672.
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  • Malini Madhavan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India
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  • Naval K. Vikram

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India
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  • Ravindra M. Pandey

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India
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  • Vibha Dhingra

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India
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  • Kalpana Luthra

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India

Received 3 January 2006 ,Accepted 19 June 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2006.06.029

Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental
Volume 55, Issue 12 , Pages 1569-1573 , December 2006

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