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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-3-30
pubmed:abstractText
Few data exist on predictors of non-insulin-dependent (type II) diabetes mellitus. We examined body mass index (BMI), ratio of subscapular-to-triceps skin fold (centrality index), and fasting glucose and insulin concentrations as predictors of decompensation to type II diabetes in Mexican Americans, a population at high risk for this disorder. Twenty-eight of 474 initially nondiabetic Mexican Americans developed type II diabetes after 8 yr of follow-up. Converters to diabetes were older and had higher BMIs, centrality indices, and fasting glucose and insulin concentrations than nonconverters. Subjects in the highest quartile of the insulin distribution had 6.6 times the risk of developing type II diabetes as subjects in the remaining three quartiles combined (95% confidence interval [CI] = 3.14-13.7). In multivariate analysis, fasting glucose (odds ratio [OR] = 5.80, 95% CI = 2.57-13.1) and insulin (OR = 3.12, 95% CI = 1.36-7.14) remained significantly related to conversion to diabetes. However, BMI and centrality index, which were significantly related to conversion in the univariate analysis, were no longer significant in the multivariate analysis once glucose and insulin concentrations were taken into consideration, suggesting that the effect of these variables may be mediated by insulin resistance. Nearly half of the incident cases developed in a subset of the population who were simultaneously in the highest quartile of both fasting insulin and glucose concentrations (population-attributable risk 44.2%). Our results support the insulin resistance/pancreatic exhaustion theory of type II diabetes.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0012-1797
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
283-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Incidence of type II diabetes in Mexican Americans predicted by fasting insulin and glucose levels, obesity, and body-fat distribution.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78284.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.