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Published in: Acta Diabetologica 6/2014

01-12-2014 | Original Article

Modulation of coronary heart disease risk by insulin resistance in subjects with normal glucose tolerance or prediabetes

Authors: Danit Ariel, Gerald Reaven

Published in: Acta Diabetologica | Issue 6/2014

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Abstract

Aims

This study was based on the hypothesis that: (1) coronary heart disease (CHD) risk is accentuated in the insulin-resistant subset of persons with normal glucose tolerance (NGT) or prediabetes (PreDM); (2) the prevalence of insulin resistance, and associated abnormalities, is greater in subjects with PreDM; and (3) insulin resistance is the major contributor to increased CHD risk in these individuals.

Methods

A 75 g oral glucose challenge was used to classify volunteers as having NGT or PreDM. Steady-state plasma glucose (SSPG) concentrations during the insulin suppression test subdivided both groups into insulin sensitive (IS = SSPG < 8.4 mmol/L) or resistant (IR = SSPG ≥ 8.4 mmol/L). Measurements were made of demographic characteristics, blood pressure, and lipid and lipoprotein concentrations, and comparisons made between the subgroups.

Results

Subjects with PreDM (n = 127) were somewhat older, more likely to be non-Hispanic men, with increased adiposity than those with NGT (n = 315). In addition, they had higher FPG concentrations, were insulin resistant (SSPG concentration; 11.4 vs. 7.2 mmol/L), with higher blood pressures, and a significantly more adverse CHD risk lipid profile (p < 0.001). Twice as many subjects with PreDM were IR (72 vs. 35 %), and the CHD risk profile was significantly worse in the IR subgroups in those with either NGT or PreDM.

Conclusions

Coronary heart disease risk profile is significantly more adverse in subjects with PreDM as compared to individuals with NGT. However, glucose tolerance status is not the only determinant of CHD risk in nondiabetic individuals, and differences in degree of insulin resistance significantly modulate CHD risk in subjects with NGT or PreDM.
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Metadata
Title
Modulation of coronary heart disease risk by insulin resistance in subjects with normal glucose tolerance or prediabetes
Authors
Danit Ariel
Gerald Reaven
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
Springer Milan
Published in
Acta Diabetologica / Issue 6/2014
Print ISSN: 0940-5429
Electronic ISSN: 1432-5233
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00592-014-0667-y

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