Poster presentations at scientific meetings

Dekker JM, Balkau B, Kozakova M, Mari A, Natali A, Coppack S, Walker M, Hills S, Ferrannini E and the RISC Investigators (2005) Metabolic syndrome definitions in relation to intima media thickness and insulin sensitivity in healthy adult men and women. American Heart Association, 112: II-788 download poster
Balkau B, Mhamdi L, Beck-Nielsen H, Walker M, Ferrannini E, Palombo C, Kozakova M and the RISC Investigators (2005) Carotid artery stiffness decreases with habitual physical activity in a healthy adult population. American Heart Association, 112: II-810 download poster
Ibrahim I, Patel S, Walker M and the RISC Investigators (2005) The Pro12Ala variant of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor g2 gene influences insulin sensitivity in healthy subjects participating in the RISC study. (EASD Athens, Greece) Diabetologia 48: A-142 download poster
Kozakova M, Ferrannini E and the RISC Investigators (2005) Relationship between insulin sensitivity and carotid artery intima-media thickness in healthy subjects: The RISC Study. (EASD Athens, Greece) Diabetologia 48: A-222 download poster
Kozakova M, Palombo C, Paterni M, Hills S, Balkau B, Landucci L, Mhamdi L, Ferrannini E and the RISC Investigators (2005) Age-related increase in videointensity of normal intima-media complex of the common carotid artery in a healthy population. European Society of Cardiology, Stockholm, Sweden 2005 download poster
Ibrahim I, Patel S, Jayapaul M, Walker M and the RISC Investigators (2006) SNP+45 of the (APM1) is associated with insulin resistance in healthy subjects participating in the RISC Study. (ADA) Diabetes 55: A-259 download poster
Lalic N, Nilsson PM, Nilsson J-A, Gabriel R, Anderwald C, Balkau and the RISC Investigators (2007) Body mass index is strongly associated with impaired insulin sensitivity in Europeans from 19 countries, independent of age, sex, social class and smoking habits. Poster. (EASD Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Diabetologia 50:S120 download poster
Bonnet F, Patel S, Ibrahim IM, Laville M, Balkau B, Walker M and the RISC investigators (2007) Association between the ACE gene I/D polymorphism and insulin sensitivity and impaired glucose tolerance in healthy subjects. (EASD Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Diabetologia 50:S137 download poster
Gastaldelli A, Pacini G, Mari A, and the RISC investigators (2008) Influence of hepatic and peripheral insulin resistance on glucose tolerance in non-diabetic subjects: the RISC study (EASD Rome, Italy) Diabetologia 51:S282 download poster
Petrie J R, Balkau B, Natali A, and the RISC investigators (2008) Prehypertension is associated with central obesity but not specifically with insulin resistance/ metabolic syndrome (ADA, San Francisco, CA, USA) Diabetes 57:A372 download poster
Gastaldelli A, Pacini G, Mari A, and the RISC investigators (2008) Influence of hepatic and peripheral insulin resistance on glucose tolerance in non-diabetic subjects: the RISC study (EASL Milan, Italy) Journal of Hepatology 48:S16 download poster