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K Narkiewicz1, M Chrostowska, G Kuchta
1Medical University of Gdansk, Poland.
Abstract:
The aim of this study was to establish the contribution of genetic factors to the variance of plasma insulin concentration in healthy, normotensive twins. Seventeen pairs of monozygotic (MZ) and 17 pairs of dizygotic (DZ) twins were investigated. The test of genetic variance revealed a significantly larger within-pair variance of fasting plasma insulin (FPI) and a relative insulin resistance (RIR) in the DZ twins, in comparison with the MZ twins. Both FPI and RIR had a higher intraclass correlation coefficient in the MZ twins than in the DZ twins; the corresponding heritability estimates were 0.54 for FPI and 0.66 for RIR. Adjusting for age, gender, and body mass index did not affect heritability estimates for either FPI or RIR. Our data indicate that genetic factors are important determinants of insulinemia in normal subjects, independent of body mass index.
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