Glucocorticoids associate with cardiometabolic risk factors in black South Africans

Glucocorticoids associate with cardiometabolic risk factors in black South Africans

Circulating glucocorticoids are associated with metabolic syndrome and related cardiometabolic risk factors in non-Africans. This study investigated these associations in Africans, whose metabolic phenotype reportedly differs from Europeans. Adiposity, blood pressure, glycaemia, insulin resistance,...

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Main Authors: Siphiwe N Dlamini, Zané Lombard, Lisa K Micklesfield, Nigel Crowther, Shane A Norris, Tracy Snyman, Andrew A Crawford, Brian R Walker, Julia H Goedecke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bioscientifica 2021-08-01
Series:Endocrine Connections
Subjects:
glucocorticoids
metabolic syndrome
cardiometabolic risk factors
cortisol
corticosterone
Online Access:https://ec.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/ec/10/8/EC-21-0195.xml

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