Why can high insulin levels indicate a risk for coronary heart disease?

Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus: the thrifty phenotype hypothesis

1992 • 3,255 citations

The Triumvirate: β-Cell, Muscle, Liver: A Collusion Responsible for NIDDM

1988 • 2,463 citations

Relationship of Glucose Tolerance and Plasma Insulin to the Incidence of Coronary Heart Disease: Results from Two Population Studies in Finland

1979 • 779 citations

Relationship of plasma insulin levels to the incidence of myocardial infarction and coronary heart disease mortality in a middle-aged population

1980 • 754 citations

Coronary Heart Disease Incidence and Cardiovascular Mortality in Busselton with Reference to Glucose and Insulin Concentrations

1979 • 746 citations

Plasma triglyceride and coronary heart disease.

1991 • 707 citations

Insulin and Atheroma: 20-Yr Perspective

1990 • 584 citations

Hyperinsulinaemia as a predictor of coronary heart disease mortality in a healthy population: the Paris Prospective Study, 15-year follow-up

1991 • 395 citations

INSULIN DEFICIENCY IN NON-INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES

1989 • 338 citations

Is Abdominal Body Fat Distribution a Major Explanation for the Sex Difference in the Incidence of Myocardial Infarction?

1992 • 202 citations

Hyperinsulinaemia is not a major coronary risk factor in elderly men

1992 • 142 citations

Insulin resistance in visceral obesity.

1991 • 140 citations

Insulin Treatment, Endogenous Insulin Concentration, and ECG Abnormalities in Diabetic Pima Indians: Cross-Sectional and Prospective Analyses

1992 • 66 citations

Body fat distribution and coronary heart disease mortality in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance or diabetes mellitus: the Paris Prospective Study, 15-year follow-up

1992 • 56 citations

Relationship between diabetic dyslipoproteinaemia and coronary heart disease risk in subjects with non‐insulin‐dependent diabetes mellitus

1991 • 18 citations