title: Clinical characteristics of Korean type 2 diabetic patients in 2005.
abstract: Korean type 2 diabetics differ from Western diabetics in showing non-obese but centrally obese anthropometry and relatively more insulin secretory defects than insulin resistance. We assessed insulin secretion based on fasting serum C-peptide level and insulin resistance using the short insulin tolerance test (Kitt; rate constant for plasma glucose disappearance) in 1601 type 2 diabetic Korean patients (831 men and 770 women). Insulin secretory defects were catergorized as severe (C-peptide<1.10 ng/ml), moderate (C-peptide 1.10-1.69 ng/ml), and mild to non-secretory defect (C-peptide> or=1.70 ng/ml). Groups with a Kitt value of less than 2.5%/min were considered insulin-resistant, while those with a Kitt value > or =2.5%/min were considered insulin-sensitive. Overall, 42.5% of patients had a BMI>or =25.0 kg/m(2), and 70.2% had a BMI> or =23.0 kg/m(2); 45.2% (41.7% of men and 58.3% of women) were abdominally obese (waist> or =90 cm in men and 80 cm in women); mean fasting serum C-peptide level was 1.93+/-0.90 ng/ml, and the mean Kitt value was 2.03+/-0.96%/min. Accordingly, 13, 33, and 54% of patients showed a severe, moderate, and mild to non-secretory defect, respectively; 70.6% were insulin-resistant; and 29.4% were insulin-sensitive. Obese type 2 diabetes is recently increasing in Korea, indicating a shift from insulin secretory defects to insulin resistance.
authors: Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ajou University School of Medicine, Korea.
authors: Dae Jung
authors: DJ
authors: Kim
authors: Kyoung Eun
authors: KE
authors: Song
authors: Ji-Won
authors: JW
authors: Park
authors: Hong Keun
authors: HK
authors: Cho
authors: Kwan-Woo
authors: KW
authors: Lee
authors: Kap Bum
authors: KB
authors: Huh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D015992:Body Mass Index; D049628:Body Size; D001835:Body Weight; D002096:C-Peptide / Q000097:blood; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005215:Fasting; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D002096:C-Peptide; D007328:Insulin