Title | Insulin Resistance [electronic resource] : The Metabolic Syndrome X / edited by Gerald M. Reaven, Ami Laws |
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Imprint | Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 1999 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-716-1 |
Descript | X, 374 p. online resource |
I Genetic and Environmental Factors Affecting Insulin Action -- 1 Genetics of Insulin Resistance -- 2 Ethnic Variation in Insulin Resistance and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes -- 3 Fetal Effects on Insulin Resistance and Glucose Tolerance -- 4 Obesity and Insulin Resistance: Epidemiologic, Metabolic, and Molecular Aspects -- 5 The Role of Body Fat Distribution in Insulin Resistance -- 6 Physical Activity and Insulin Resistance in Man -- 7 Insulin Resistance in Smokers and Other Long-Term Users of Nicotine -- II Pathophysiology of Insulin Resistance -- 8 Insulin Resistance and Inhibitors of Insulin Receptor Tyrosine Kinase -- 9 NMR Studies on the Mechanism of Insulin Resistance -- 10 Skeletal Muscle Insulin Resistance in Humans: Cellular Mechanisms -- 11 The Role of the Liver in Insulin Action and Resistance -- 12 The Pathophysiological Consequences of Adipose Tissue Insulin Resistance -- 13 Insulin Action and Endothelial Function -- III Clinical Syndromes Associated with Insulin Resistance -- 14 Insulin Resistance and Dyslipidemia: Implications for Coronary Heart Disease Risk -- 15 Insulin Resistance and Blood Pressure -- 16 Microalbuminuria and Insulin Resistance -- 17 PAI-1, Obesity, and Insulin Resistance -- 18 Insulin Resistance and Cardiovascular Disease -- 19 Insulin Resistance Effects on Sex Hormones and Ovulation in the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome