title: Insulin insensitivity in offspring of parents with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
abstract: Measurements were made of the plasma glucose and insulin responses to a 75 g oral glucose challenge in 50 Chinese born in Taiwan, divided into two groups on the basis of family history of Type 2 diabetes. Twenty-five individuals (age 29 +/- 5 (+/- SD) years) had 2 parents with normal oral glucose tolerance, whereas at least 1 parent had Type 2 diabetes in the other 25 subjects (age 30 +/- 6 years). In addition, in vivo insulin action was estimated by determining the steady-state plasma glucose concentration during a 3-h continuous infusion of glucose, insulin, and somatostatin. Steady-state plasma glucose concentration was used as a measure of insulin-induced glucose disposal. The 50 subjects were non-obese, and of comparable gender distribution and body mass index. Plasma glucose and insulin concentrations in response to oral glucose were similar in the two groups. However, the steady-state plasma glucose concentration was significantly (p less than 0.01) higher in offspring with a family history of Type 2 diabetes when compared by two-way analysis of variance (mean +/- SE was 5.87 +/- 0.27 vs 5.12 +/- 0.32 mmol l-1). This difference was found despite a significantly (p less than 0.01) higher steady-state plasma insulin concentration during the infusion studies (0.705 +/- 0.027 vs 0.643 +/- 0.025 nmol l-1) in offspring of people with diabetes. The results support the view that resistance to insulin-stimulated glucose uptake is present in offspring of diabetic parents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: L T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Z Y
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Y F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Y D
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Reaven
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood*; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D013004:Somatostatin
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D013004:Somatostatin