title: Relation of habitual diet to fasting plasma insulin concentration and the insulin response to oral glucose.
abstract: Blood glucose and plasma insulin levels during a 50 g oral glucose tolerance test were measured in a population sample of 220 people (109 men; 111 women), who also earlier recorded their diet over a 2-d period. In the men, but not the women, there was a statistically significant inverse relationship between total daily energy intake and both fasting and post-load plasma insulin concentrations. This correlation, which was independent of the degree of adiposity, may be a confounding factor in epidemiological studies relating plasma insulin levels to subsequent coronary heart disease.
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D004032:Diet; D002149:Energy Intake; D005215:Fasting; D005260:Female; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin