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| Title |
Link between insulin resistance and hypertension: What is the evidence from evolutionary biology?
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| Published in |
Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome, January 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1758-5996-6-12 |
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| Authors |
Ming-Sheng Zhou, Aimei Wang, Hong Yu |
| Abstract |
Insulin resistance and hypertension are considered as prototypical "diseases of civilization" that are manifested in the modern environment as plentiful food and sedentary life. The human propensity for insulin resistance and hypertension is a product, at least in part, of our evolutionary history. Adaptation to ancient lifestyle characterized by a low sodium, low-calorie food supply and physical stress to injury response has driven our evolution to shape and preserve a thrifty genotype, which is favorite with energy-saving and sodium conservation. As our civilization evolved, a sedentary lifestyle and sodium- and energy-rich diet, the thrifty genotype is no longer advantageous, and may be maladaptive to disease phenotype, such as hypertension, obesity and insulin resistance syndrome. This article reviews human evolution and the impact of the modern environment on hypertension and insulin resistance. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 33 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 15% |
| Netherlands | 5 | 15% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 6% |
| Canada | 2 | 6% |
| Belgium | 1 | 3% |
| Argentina | 1 | 3% |
| South Africa | 1 | 3% |
| Spain | 1 | 3% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 13 | 39% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 23 | 70% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 5 | 15% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 9% |
| Scientists | 2 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 286 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 283 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 41 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 39 | 14% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 22 | 8% |
| Researcher | 18 | 6% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 6% |
| Other | 53 | 19% |
| Unknown | 95 | 33% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 74 | 26% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 23 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 22 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 21 | 7% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 9 | 3% |
| Other | 32 | 11% |
| Unknown | 105 | 37% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 80. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 March 2024.
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#545,599
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Outputs from Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome
#13
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#5,379
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Outputs of similar age from Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome
#1
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