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Physical Inactivity is an Important Lifestyle Determinant of Insulin Resistance in Hypertensive Patients

Chii‐Min Hwu Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, National Yang‐Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, TaiwanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Chin‐Fu Hsiao Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, National Health Research Institutes, Taipei, Taiwan
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Shi‐Wen Kuo Department of Medicine, Tri‐Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Kwan‐Dun Wu Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Chih‐Tai Ting Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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Thomas Quertermous Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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Beatriz Rodriguez Hawaii Center for Health Research, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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Ida Chen Cedars‐Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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John Grove University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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Pao‐Yang Chen Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, National Health Research Institutes, Taipei, Taiwan
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­Low‐Tone Ho Department of Medical Research and Education, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, National Yang‐Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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Pages 355-361 | Received 20 Jul 2004, Accepted 21 Sep 2004, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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