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01-09-2004 | Comment
re: Gastaldelli A, Ferrannini E, Miyazaki Y, Matsuda M, DeFronzo RA (2004) Beta cell dysfunction and glucose intolerance: results from the San Antonio metabolism (SAM) study. Diabetologia 47:31–39
Authors:
A. B. Jenkins, S. M. Furler, L. V. Campbell
Published in:
Diabetologia
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Issue 9/2004
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Excerpt
To the Editor: Gastaldelli and co-workers [
1] report an analysis of cross-sectional OGTT and euglycaemic clamp data from a sample with varying glucose tolerance (NGT, IGT, Type 2 diabetes) and conclude that “...beta cells in obese individuals function in an identical fashion to those of lean individuals.” This conclusion is supported by a lack of effect of obesity on the strong correlations between the insulin secretion/insulin resistance Index (
\(\frac{{\Delta I_{{30}} }} {{\Delta G_{{30}} }} * \frac{1} {{IR}} \equiv \)Disposition Index [
2]) and the fasting or 2-h glucose concentrations of the subjects studied. …