Why the study?
Does insulin sensitivity or secretion correlate with carotid intima-media thickness progression in nondiabetic postmenopausal women?
Population
84 nondiabetic, postmenopausal women, mean age 58.7 +/- 0.4 years
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
5 years
Authors
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Traditional risk factors warrant focus for IMT monitoring in postmenopausal women; leaves open insulin sensitivity's role in atherosclerosis progression.
Does insulin sensitivity or secretion correlate with carotid intima-media thickness progression in nondiabetic postmenopausal women?
In nondiabetic postmenopausal women, early atherosclerosis progression is driven by traditional risk factors like systolic blood pressure and LDL cholesterol rather than insulin sensitivity or secretion.
Larsson et al. (2003) studied this question.