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Diabetes Boosts Odds for Heart Trouble 10-fold in Younger Women

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Both of those factors had weaker associations with heart disease onset in women younger than 55 than lipoprotein insulin resistance (LPIR,) a newer metric for insulin resistance. Insulin resistance occurs when cells in muscles, fat and the liver don’t respond well to insulin and can’t use glucose.

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