Insulin Sensitivity, Vascular Function, and Iron Stores in Voluntary Blood Donors
Zheng H, Patel M, Cable R, Young L, Katz SD. Insulin Sensitivity, Vascular Function, and Iron Stores in Voluntary Blood Donors. Diabetes Care 2007, 30: 2685-2689. PMID: 17630263, DOI: 10.2337/dc07-0748.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhole-body insulin sensitivity indexFlow-mediated dilationOral glucose loadingVascular functionBlood donorsIron storesBlood donationBrachial arterySerum ferritinGlucose loadingInsulin sensitivityGlucose metabolismOral glucose tolerance testingProspective cross-sectional studyImproved vascular functionGlucose tolerance testingInsulin sensitivity indexVoluntary blood donorsCross-sectional studyHigh-frequency donorsCardiovascular riskAcute hyperglycemiaGlucose toleranceSerum markersTolerance testing