Impact of ethnicity and obesity on insulin resistance in two ethnic groups at very high risk of type 2 diabetes.

Diabetes Metab

Division of Diabetes, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA; Diabetes Research, Academic Health System, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar. Electronic address:

Published: June 2017

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