title: Impact of family history on relations between insulin resistance, LDL cholesterol and carotid IMT in healthy adults.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Insulin resistance (IR) is implicated as an independent risk factor for vascular disease. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of family history (FH) of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and/or cardiovascular disease (CVD) on the associations between IR, low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and subclinical atherosclerosis (common and internal carotid artery intima media thickness (IMT)) in healthy European adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants (n=1048) in the Relationship between Insulin Sensitivity and Cardiovascular disease (RISC) study were grouped according to family history of: (i) type 2 diabetes (FH-T2DM); (ii) cardiovascular disease (FH-CVD); (iii) both (FH-BOTH); or (iv) neither (CON). Insulin resistance (M-value, hyperinsulinaemic euglycaemic clamp), LDL-C and IMT were examined in relation to FH in all available participants, and then within subcohorts (highest quintiles) with higher LDL-C (>3.5 mmol/l (>135 mg/dl), n=252) or greater IR (M-value<5 mg/min/kg, n=299).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Carotid IMTs were comparable across the four FH groups, but insulin sensitivity (M-value) was lower (p<0.01) in FH-T2DM (6.1+/-2.6 mg/min/kg than in either CON (6.9+/-2.9 mg/min/kg) or FH-CVD (7.1+/-2.7 mg/min/kg). Within the highest LDL-C quintile, those with FH-CVD (or FH-BOTH) had higher common and internal carotid IMT (6-12%, p<0.05 vs CON). In contrast, within the most IR quintile, FH-CVD was not associated with IMT.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this cross-sectional analysis, family history of T2DM (but not of CVD) was associated with IR. In the presence of elevated LDL-C, FH-CVD (but not FH-T2DM) was associated with increased carotid IMT.
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. christian-heinz.anderwald@meduniwien.ac.at
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Anderwald
authors.forename: Marietta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stadler
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Golay
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krebs
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Petrie
authors.forename: Anton
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry / Q000379:methods; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000235:genetics*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D015309:Glucose Clamp Technique; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D007333:Insulin Resistance / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D017539:Tunica Intima / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D017540:Tunica Media / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL