Insulin Sensitivity, Lipids, and Blood Pressure in Young American Blacks

• Published in: Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology Vol. 15; no. 11; pp. 1798 - 1804
• Main Authors: Falkner, Bonita, Kushner, Harvey, Tulenko, Thomas, Sumner, Anne E., Marsh, Julian B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, PA American Heart Association, Inc 01.11.1995; Hagerstown, MD Lippincott
• Subjects: Adult; African Continental Ancestry Group; Arterial hypertension. Arterial hypotension; Biological and medical sciences; Blood and lymphatic vessels; Blood Pressure; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular Diseases - ethnology; Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology; Cardiovascular Diseases - physiopathology; Clinical manifestations. Epidemiology. Investigative techniques. Etiology; Female; Humans; Hypertension - complications; Hypertension - physiopathology; Insulin Resistance; Lipids - blood; Male; Medical sciences; Regression Analysis; Risk Factors; Human; Sensitivity; Race; Negroid; Cardiovascular disease; Exploration; Lipids; Arterial pressure; Borderline hypertension; Insulin

The purpose of this study was to determine whether insulin resistance was linked with alterations in plasma lipids in adult young blacks with borderline hypertension. Ninety-four American blacks participated (46 men, 48 women, age range 28 to 33 years). Within this group of 94 subjects, there were 6...