title: Relative role of insulin resistance and beta-cell dysfunction in the progression to type 2 diabetes--The Kinmen Study.
abstract: This study compared the relative role of insulin resistance and beta-cell dysfunction (both assessed using the HOMA method) with glucose intolerance conditions in the progression to type 2 diabetes among a high risk group of subjects with fasting plasma glucose (FPG) 5.6-7.0 mmol/l in Kinmen, Taiwan. Data were collected during a continuing prospective study (1998-99) of a group of Taiwanese subjects at high-risk of developing type 2 diabetes who had fasting hyperglycemia (5.6-7.0 mmol/l) and exhibited 2-h postload glucose concentrations <11.1 mmol/l from 1992-94 to 1995-96. Among 644 non-diabetic subjects at baseline, 79.8% (514/644) had at least one follow-up examination. There were 107 new cases of diabetes diagnosed by 1999 WHO criteria in 2918.7 person-years of follow-up. The incidence rate was 3.67%/year (107/2918.7). After adjustment for other possible associative variables, including gender, age, BMI, waist circumference, insulin resistance, and beta-cell dysfunction, Cox's hazard model showed that those individuals with isolated IFG (impaired fasting glucose) and those individuals with isolated IGT (2-h glucose impairment) exhibited similar risk of developing diabetes. Those individuals with isolated IFG and isolated IGT showed a comparable impairment of basal or hepatic insulin sensitivity, but those individuals with isolated IFG had a greater beta-cell dysfunction by the HOMA method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Care Management, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Chia-Lin
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Shih-Tzer
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Pesus
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chou
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018450:Disease Progression; D005215:Fasting; D005260:Female; D018149:Glucose Intolerance / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose