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

Diabetologia. 1992 Jul;35(7):595-601. doi: 10.1007/BF00400248.

Authors

C N Hales¹, D J Barker

Affiliation

¹ Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.

PMID: 1644236
DOI: 10.1007/BF00400248

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / etiology
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / genetics
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / physiopathology*
Fetus / physiology
Humans
Infant
Models, Biological*
Phenotype