Obesity is a major determinant of the association of C-reactive protein levels and the metabolic syndrome in type 2 diabetes

TY - JOUR

T1 - Obesity is a major determinant of the association of C-reactive protein levels and the metabolic syndrome in type 2 diabetes

AU - Kahn, S E

AU - Zinman, B

AU - Haffner, S M

AU - O'Neill, M C

AU - Kravitz, B G

AU - Yu, D H

AU - Freed, M I

AU - Herman, W H

AU - Holman, R R

AU - Jones, N P

AU - Lachin, J M

AU - Viberti, G C

PY - 2006/8

Y1 - 2006/8

N2 - The inflammatory factor C-reactive protein (CRP) and the fibrinolytic variables fibrinogen and plasminogen activator-1 (PAI-1) are associated with long-term cardiovascular morbidity. To determine the contribution of body adiposity (BMI), insulin sensitivity (homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance [HOMA-IR], and glycemia (HbA(1c) [A1C]) to the levels of these inflammatory and fibrinolytic variables in recently diagnosed (

AB - The inflammatory factor C-reactive protein (CRP) and the fibrinolytic variables fibrinogen and plasminogen activator-1 (PAI-1) are associated with long-term cardiovascular morbidity. To determine the contribution of body adiposity (BMI), insulin sensitivity (homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance [HOMA-IR], and glycemia (HbA(1c) [A1C]) to the levels of these inflammatory and fibrinolytic variables in recently diagnosed (

U2 - 10.2337/db06-0116

DO - 10.2337/db06-0116

M3 - Article

VL - 55

SP - 2357

EP - 2364

JO - Diabetes

JF - Diabetes

IS - 8

ER -