@article{6adcf4bb9448466faf2aae540ad46239,
title = "Long-term treatment with losartan versus atenolol improves insulin sensitivity in hypertension: ICARUS, a LIFE substudy",
abstract = "Hypertension and insulin resistance might be associated through peripheral vascular hypertrophy/rarefaction which compromises skeletal muscle blood flow and decreases glucose uptake, inducing insulin resistance. We hypothesized that treatment with losartan as compared to atenolol would improve insulin sensitivity through regression of peripheral vascular hypertrophy/rarefaction.",
keywords = "Aged, Antihypertensive Agents, Atenolol, Blood Glucose, Blood Pressure, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Forearm, Humans, Hypertension, Insulin, Insulin Resistance, Losartan, Middle Aged, Peripheral Vascular Diseases, Vascular Resistance",
author = "Olsen, {Michael H} and Eigil Fossum and Aud H{\o}ieggen and Kristian Wachtell and Elsa Hjerkinn and Nesbitt, {Shawna D} and Andersen, {Ulrik B} and Phillips, {Robert A} and Gaboury, {Cynthia L} and Hans Ibsen and Kjeldsen, {Sverre E} and Stevo Julius",
year = "2005",
language = "English",
volume = "23",
pages = "891--8",
journal = "Journal of Hypertension",
issn = "0263-6352",
publisher = "Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Ltd",
number = "4",
}