- ►diabetesjournals.org HA Kobaissi, MJ Weigensberg, GDC Ball, ML … - Diabetes Care, 2004 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—The study population, 131 Hispanic overweight
children (mean BMI percentile 97.0 ± 3.1, 72 boys, 59 girls, ages 8–13 years,
mean Tanner stage 2.4 ± 1.5) with a family history of type 2 diabetes, ... Cited by 24 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
Q Mukhtar, G Cleverley, RE Voorhees, JW … - Journal of Adolescent Health, 2001 - Elsevier Results: Acanthosis nigricans (AN) was present in 18.9% of students screened.
Twenty-one percent of the subsample had hyperinsulinemia. Based on these
results, the estimated prevalence of hyperinsulinemia among all middle ... Cited by 40 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org ML Stoddart, KS Blevins, ET Lee, W Wang, PR … - Diabetes Care, 2002 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—A random sample of Cherokee Nation members aged
5–40 years was invited to participate in the Cherokee Diabetes Study, a
cross-sectional study of type 2 diabetes and its risk factors in a young ... Cited by 42 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
H Yamazaki, S Ito, H Yoshida - Pediatrics International, 2003 - interscience.wiley.com Methods : The authors analyzed the clinical characteristics of 439 obese
Japanese children (260 boys, 179 girls; mean age 10.1 years; mean percentage
overweight 51.9%), who had visited Tsuruoka City Shonai Hospital in ... Cited by 34 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
DS Hardin - The Diabetes Educator, 2006 - tde.sagepub.com Acanthosis nigricans is a physical finding of the skin that appears to be a
marker for insulin resistance. Because of the association of insulin resistance
and type 2 diabetes, acanthosis nigricans may also be a marker for type 2 ... Cited by 7 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
K Copeland, K Pankratz, V Cathey, P … - The Journal of the Oklahoma State Medical Association, 2006 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov OBJECTIVE: It is controversial whether acanthosis nigricans is an independent
marker of insulin resistance. In this study, we evaluated whether insulin
resistance (as reflected by HOMA) was associated with acanthosis nigricans, ... Cited by 16 - Related articles - BL Direct
- ►diabetesjournals.org [PDF] V Hirschler, C Aranda, A Oneto, C Gonzalez, … - Diabetes care, 2002 - Am Diabetes Assoc Placenta growth factor (PlGF) is a close homolog of vascular endothe- lial
growth factor (VEGF), shares re- ceptors with VEGF, and stimulates angiogenesis
(1). Intravitreous PlGF lev- els are elevated in proliferative diabetic ... Cited by 19 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
GI Uwaifo, M Tjahjana, RJ Freedman, G … - Endocrine Practice, 2006 - AACE Acanthosis nigricans (AN) is a distinct dermatosis that is commonly seen in the
crease areas of the nape of the neck, axillae, and groin but that has been
described in virtually all other areas of the body as well (1-3). Although ... Cited by 3 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
P Litonjua, A Piñero-Piloña, L Aviles-Santa, … - Endocrine Practice, 2004 - AACE Submitted for publication April 1, 2003 Accepted for publication November 19,
2003 From the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Department of
Internal Medicine. Address correspondence and reprint requests to Philip ... Cited by 13 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions