title: Homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance, quantitative insulin sensitivity check index, and oral glucose insulin sensitivity index in nonobese, nondiabetic subjects with high-normal blood pressure.
abstract: To investigate the relationships between high-normal blood pressure (BP) and insulin resistance, we examined insulin sensitivity in 306 nonobese and nondiabetic Japanese subjects with various BP categories (optimal BP, normal BP, high-normal BP, and hypertension). Insulin sensitivity was measured from fasting plasma glucose and insulin values and those during a 75-g oral glucose tolerance test by five formulas: the homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-R), the quantitative insulin sensitivity check index (QUICKI), the oral glucose insulin sensitivity (OGIS) index, and two insulin sensitivity indexes (ISI-composite and ISI-stumvoll). The HOMA-R was significantly higher, and the QUICKI was significantly lower in subjects with hypertension than in subjects with optimal BP. Both HOMA-R and QUICKI values showed that high-normal BP patients had a higher (but not significant) degree of insulin resistance than optimal BP patients. The OGIS index was significantly lower in subjects with high-normal BP or hypertension than in subjects with optimal BP. The ISI-composite was significantly lower in subjects with high-normal BP or hypertension than in subjects with optimal BP, and it was also significantly lower in subjects with hypertension than in subjects with normal BP. The ISI-stumvoll was significantly lower in subjects with high-normal BP or hypertension than in subjects with optimal BP. The OGIS index, ISI-composite, and ISI-stumvoll significantly decreased with increasing severity of BP status among the normotensive groups (optimal BP, normal BP, and high-normal BP). These findings indicate that insulin resistance is present even in the high-normal BP categories of nonobese and nondiabetic Japanese individuals.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Nara Medical University, Nara 634-0813, Japan. kanauchi@nmu-gw.naramed-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanauchi
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamano
authors.forename: Kimiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kanauchi
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saito
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006706:Homeostasis / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index