A4: MULTI ETHNIC HLTH: GENETICS OF INSULIN RESIST IN HAWAIIANS: CVD RISK FACTORS

多民族健康研究活动的总体目标是 维护和增强在以前的 格兰特循环。这一基础设施的胜利进一步使加州大学 夏威夷将解决该州少数民族的健康问题 少数族裔。拟议的研究有以下具体目标。 实施一项试点项目，以确定协会的特征 在胰岛素抵抗综合征(IRS)因素中(葡萄糖耐受， 高血压、血脂异常、高胰岛素血症、肥胖、冠心病 在夏威夷的多种族人口中，疾病和中央艾滋病)。

The overall goal of the Multi-Ethnic Health Research Activity is to maintain and enhance the infrastructure fostered in the previous grant cycle. This infrastructure win further enable the University of Hawaii to address the health problems of the state's ethnic minorities. The proposed study has the following specific aims. Implementation of a pilot project to characterize the aosociation among msulin resistance syndrome (IRS) factors (glucose intolerance, hypertension, dysLipidemia, hyperinsulinemia, obesity, coronary heart disease, and central adi~posity) in Hawaii's multi-ethnic population.