title: Insulin resistance and sleep-disordered breathing in healthy humans.
abstract: Fifty healthy, normotensive individuals (34 women) with a mean age of 44.3 +/- 13.2 yr and a mean body mass index of 27.1 +/- 5.4 kg/m2 were tested for the presence or absence of insulin resistance and sleep-disordered breathing. The hypothesis of this investigation was that insulin resistance is associated with sleep-disordered breathing. In vivo insulin action with determination of steady-state plasma glucose (SSPG) and insulin was measured using simultaneous intravenous infusion of somatostatin, glucose, and insulin via a Harvard pump. Determination of sleep-disordered breathing was performed through clinical assessment and portable nocturnal monitoring using a validated sleep apnea recorder. Individuals with > or = 10 hypoxic respiratory events per hour of sleep were significantly more insulin-resistant than subjects without sleep-breathing disorders. After adjusting the relationship between insulin resistance and sleep-disordered breathing for potential confounding variables, it was found that this relationship was entirely dependent on body mass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Stanford University, California 94305, USA.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Stoohs
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Facchini
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guilleminault
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D001835:Body Weight; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D007328:Insulin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D008297:Male; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000378:metabolism*; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D013004:Somatostatin; D005947:Glucose