Meal-related increases in microvascular vasomotion are impaired in obese individuals: a potential mechanism in the pathogenesis of obesity-related insulin resistance

Diabetes Care. 2011 May;34 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S342-8. doi: 10.2337/dc11-s240.

Authors

Amy M Jonk¹, Alfons J Houben, Nicolaas C Schaper, Peter W de Leeuw, Erik H Serné, Yvo M Smulders, Coen D Stehouwer

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre and Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht, the Netherlands.

No abstract available

Publication types

Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

Blood Glucose / drug effects
Female
Glucose / pharmacology
Humans
Insulin / blood
Insulin Resistance / physiology*
Laser-Doppler Flowmetry
Male
Microvessels / drug effects
Microvessels / physiopathology*
Obesity / physiopathology*

Substances

Blood Glucose
Insulin
Glucose