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.

• Author: Louise Bennet; Leif Groop; Paul Franks
• Department/s: Family Medicine and Community Medicine; Translational Muscle Research; Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology; EXODIAB: Excellence of Diabetes Research in Sweden; EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
• Publishing year: 2014
• Language: English
• Pages: 79-87
• Publication/Series: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
• Volume: 105
• Issue: 1
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• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24842242?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2014.04.025
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Topic: Endocrinology and Diabetes
• Status: Published
• Project: The MEDIM project
• Research group: Family Medicine and Community Medicine; Genomics, Diabetes and Endocrinology; Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1872-8227