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Preserved antipolytic insulin action is associated with a less atherogenic plasma lipid profile in healthy centenarians
Author(s)Giuseppe Paolisso, Antonio Gambardella, Stefania Ammendola
Journal titleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 45, no 12, December 1997
Pagespp 1504-1509
KeywordsCentenarians ; Over 70s ; Health [elderly] ; Italy.
AnnotationRecent studies have demonstrated that centenarians have a preserved glucose tolerance and insulin action and a more favourable body composition and fat distribution than people aged 75 years and over. The strong relationship among glucose tolerance, insulin action, plasma lipid concentration, and lipoprotein metabolism would lead to the hypothesis that healthy centenarians may also have a less atherogenic profile than older subjects less than a 100 years old. This Italian study investigated the relationship between insulin action and lipid metabolism in adults, older people aged 75 or over but less than 100 years, and centenarians. The findings demonstrated that the centenarians had a less atherogenic plasma lipid and lipoprotein profile than subjects aged less than 75 years. (AKM).
Accession NumberCPA-980316407 A
ClassmarkBBT: BBK: CC: 76V

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