Immunoreative insulin in obesity of adult women.
The levels of immunoreactive insulin (IRI) in 58 obese women and 14 controls were studied. The investigation revealed: (1) higher IRI levels in obese patients compared to controls, with a tendency to normalization after weight reduction (2) a correlation between IRI values and the degree of obesity, the amount of fat and lean body mass. The closest relation was found between stimulated IRI values and the Broca index (3) the ratio glucose/insulin was lower in the obese women before and after a glucose load. After a decrease of body weight by 11 per cent this ratio did not change significantly (4) a negative correlation between the glucose/insulin ratio and body weight, overweight, body fat and lean body mass.
D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose; D001823:Body Composition; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000276:immunology*
D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin