glycemic index

Preferred Label : glycemic index;

MeSH definition : A numerical system of measuring the rate of BLOOD GLUCOSE generation from a particular food item as compared to a reference item, such as glucose 100. Foods with higher glycemic index numbers create greater blood sugar swings.;

MeSH synonym : glycemic indices; glycemic index number; glycemic index numbers;

MeSH annotation : GLYCEMIC LOAD is also available;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycemic index;

Details

Origin ID

D038321;

UMLS CUI

C1136206;

Allowable qualifiers
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Digestive System Findings Domain [NCIt concept]
- Gastrointestinal [NCIt concept]
- Gibraltar [NCIt concept]
- Gilbert [NCIt concept]
- Gin Chinese [NCIt concept]
- glycaemic index [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Glycemic Index [NCIt concept]
Record concept(s)
- glycemic index [MeSH concept]
See also
- blood glucose [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Quantitative Concept [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Glycemic Index [NCIt concept]

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