European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 7 , Pages 520-526 , November 2008

Waist circumference alone predicts insulin resistance as good as the metabolic syndrome in elderly women

  • Göran Nilsson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Västerås, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Department of Clinical Research, Uppsala University, Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Pär Hedberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Västerås, Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Tommy Jonason

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Västerås, Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Ingemar Lönnberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Västerås, Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Åke Tenerz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Västerås, Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Rosanne Forberg

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Chemistry Central Hospital, Västerås, Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • John Öhrvik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Research, Uppsala University, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Medicine, Cardiology Research Unit, Karolinska Institutet, SE-17176 Stockholm, Sweden. Tel.: +46 70 666 08 08; fax: +46 8 34 49 64.

Received 13 June 2007 ,Revised 17 October 2007 ,Accepted 20 January 2008.

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PII: S0953-6205(08)00055-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2008.01.018

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 7 , Pages 520-526 , November 2008

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