H Yki-Järvinen - Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & …, 2003 - Elsevier Insulin has multiple metabolic actions, including effects on blood vessels. Insulin normally increases
blood flow by a mechanism which involves generation of nitric oxide (NO) via the arginine–NO
pathway. Although insulin itself is a weak and physiologically unimportant vasodilatator, it ... Cited by 51 - Related articles - All 6 versions
- ►onlinejacc.org JR Greenfield, K Samaras, LV Campbell, AB … - Journal of the American …, 2003 - Elsevier We sought to examine associations between the augmentation index (AI) and metabolic,
adiposity, and lifestyle factors, independent of genetic influences, and to determine whether
gene-environment interactions modulate these relationships. ... Reported associations ... Cited by 28 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 11 versions
LJ Maple-Brown, LS Piers, MF O'Rourke, DS … - Journal of …, 2005 - journals.lww.com Sponsorship: LM-B. has a Royal Australasian College of Physicians Pfizer research grant,
2002, and a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Training Scholarship
for Indigenous Health Research, 2003; the project was supported by NHMRC grant no. ... Cited by 19 - Related articles - All 6 versions
MK Tamminen, J Westerbacka, S Vehkavaara … - European journal of …, 2003 - pt.wkhealth.com Supported by grants from the Academy of Finland (HY, JW), Liv och Hälsa (HY) and the Sigrid
Juselius (HY) and Novo Nordisk (HY) Foundations. ... Department of Medicine, Division of
Diabetes, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (MK Tamminen, J. Westerbacka, S. ... Cited by 16 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
H Yokoyama, M Emoto, S Fujiwara, K Motoyama, T … - Diabetes research and …, 2004 - Elsevier Objective: To investigate whether: (1) aerobic exercise decreases arterial stiffness and (2) reduction
in arterial stiffness is associated with improvement in insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes.
Methods: Common carotid and femoral arterial stiffness was ultrasonographically ... Cited by 16 - Related articles - All 8 versions
H Yki-Järvinen, J Westerbacka - 2008 - content.karger.com Abstract: Insulin resistance is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality
but the underlying mechanism(s) are incompletely understood. Epidemiological data suggest
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K Mather, R Lewanczuk - Diabetes care, 2004 - Am Diabetes Assoc Diabetes has profound effects on the vasculature, and the major complications of diabetes, accounting
for increases in both morbidity and mortality, are diseases of the vasculature. In recent years,
a number of techniques have been developed that provide direct in vivo assessments of ... Cited by 5 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
JC Smith, B McDonnell, C Retallick, C … - European journal of …, 2007 - pt.wkhealth.com Department of Medicine, Torbay Hospital, Devon TQ2 7AA, UK (JC Smith, C. Carey, R.
Paisey); Departments of Cardiology (B. McDonnell, C. Retallick, JR Cockcroft) and Medicine
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I Os, H Gudmundsdottir, SE Kjeldsen, S … - Diabetes, obesity & …, 2006 - pt.wkhealth.com Age-related arterial stiffness is more pronounced in diabetics compared to non-diabetics, which
could explain the prevalence of isolated systolic hypertension (ISH, systolic blood pressure
≥140 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure <90 mmHg) being approximately twice that of ... Cited by 4 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions