World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases
Vol.4 No.13(2014), Paper ID 52289, 13
pages
DOI:10.4236/wjcd.2014.413076
What Are the Determinants of Insulin Resistance (IR) and How Effective Is the Sub-Saharan Africa-Specific Threshold of Abdominal Obesity (AO-SSA) Identifying IR in Congolese Black Hypertensive Patients?
Bernard Kianu Phanzu, Benjamin Longo-Mbenza, Jean Bosco Kasiam Lasion’kin, Jody Mbuilu Pukuta, Eleuthère Kintoki Vita, Nanoue Masolo Muze Kianu
Department of Internal Medicine, Unit of Cardiology, University of Kinshasa Hospital, Kinshasa, Democratic
Republic of Congo
Faculty of Health Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa
Department of Internal Medicine, Unit of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Kinshasa Hospital, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Department of Family Medicine, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Department of Internal Medicine, Unit of Cardiology, University of Kinshasa Hospital, Kinshasa, Democratic
Republic of Congo
Faculty of Medicine, University of Technology, Bel Campus, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
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How to Cite this Article
Phanzu, B. , Longo-Mbenza, B. , Lasion’kin, J. , Pukuta, J. , Vita, E. and Kianu, N. (2014) What Are the Determinants of Insulin Resistance (IR) and How Effective Is the Sub-Saharan Africa-Specific Threshold of Abdominal Obesity (AO-SSA) Identifying IR in Congolese Black Hypertensive Patients?.
World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases,
4, 642-654. doi:
10.4236/wjcd.2014.413076.