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Published on: January 7, 2018
Strong association between insulin-mediated glucose uptake and the 2-hour, not the fasting plasma glucose
Diedre Winner1, Luke Norton, Mustafa Kanat
1Diabetes Division (D.W., L.N., R.A., M.F., A.H.-D., D.T., R.A.D., C.P.J., M.A.-G.), University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas 78229; and Division of Diabetes (M.K.), Istanbul Medipol University, 34810 Istanbul, Turkey.
Aim:
The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between whole-body insulin-mediated glucose disposal and the fasting plasma glucose concentration in nondiabetic individuals.
Research Design And Methods:
Two hundred fifty-three nondiabetic subjects with normal glucose tolerance (NGT), impaired fasting glucose (IFG), impaired glucose tolerance, and combined glucose intolerance received a 75-g oral glucose tolerance test and euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp. Total glucose disposal (TGD) during the insulin clamp was compared in IFG and NGT individuals and was related to fasting and 2-hour plasma glucose concentrations in each group.
Results:
TGD varied considerably between NGT and IFG individuals and displayed a strong inverse relationship with the 2-hour plasma glucose (PG; r = 0.40, P < .0001) but not with the fasting PG. When IFG and NGT individuals were stratified based on their 2-hour PG concentration, the increase in 2-hour PG was associated with a progressive decrease in TGD in both groups, and the TGD was comparable among NGT and IFG individuals.
Conclusion:
The present results indicate the following: 1) as in NGT, insulin-stimulated TGD varies considerably in IFG individuals; 2) the large variability in TGD in IFG and NGT individuals is related to the 2-hour PG concentration; and 3) after adjustment for the 2-hour proglucagon concentration, IFG subjects have comparable TGD with NGT individuals.
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