Fatty acid and very low density lipoprotein metabolism in obese African American and Caucasian women with type 2 diabetes

Fatty acid and very low density lipoprotein metabolism in obese African American and Caucasian women with type 2 diabetes

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is associated with increased plasma triglyceride (TG) concentrations, but African Americans (AA) have lower plasma TG than Caucasians (CC). We evaluated the hypothesis that obese AA women have lower plasma TG than obese CC women do because of differences in lipid kine...

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Main Authors: Bernard V. Miller, III, Bruce W. Patterson, Adewole Okunade, Samuel Klein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-12-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Subjects:
race
triglyceride metabolism
insulin sensitivity
body fat distribution
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520418115

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