Association between dietary phylloquinone intake and peripheral metabolic risk markers related to insulin resistance and diabetes in elderly subjects at high cardiovascular risk
BACKGROUND: Vitamin K has been related to glucose metabolism, insulin sensitivity and diabetes. Because inflammation underlies all these metabolic conditions, it is plausible that the potential role of vitamin K in glucose metabolism occurs through the modulation of cytokines and related molecule...
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Format: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Language: | eng |
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BioMed Central
2014
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10171/36877 |