title: The effect of myoinositol supplementation on insulin resistance in patients with gestational diabetes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To test the hypothesis that myoinositol supplementation will improve insulin sensitivity as measured by markers of insulin resistance such as homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance and adiponectin in women with gestational diabetes.
  
  
  METHODS
  The trial was carried out in diet-treated patients with gestational diabetes diagnosed in our department between April 2008 and September 2009. Subjects were randomly assigned to receive either myoinositol supplementation (4 g daily) plus folic acid (400 μg daily)-the study group-or folic acid only (400 μg daily)-the control group. Both groups received the same diet prescription. Homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance and adiponectin were assayed while fasting at the time of the diagnostic oral glucose tolerance test and after 8 weeks of treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 69 evaluable patients, 24 in the study group and 45 in the control group. Fasting glucose and insulin, and consequently homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance, decreased in both groups (50% in the study group vs. 29% in the control group), but the decline in the study group was significantly greater than that in the control group (P = 0.0001). Adiponectin increased in the myoinositol group while it decreased in the control group (P = 0.009).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Myoinositol improves insulin resistance in patients with gestational diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Corrado
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: D'Anna
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Vieste
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Giordano
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pintaudi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Santamaria
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Benedetto
mesh_terms: D052242:Adiponectin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D016640:Diabetes, Gestational / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D005260:Female; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D007294:Inositol / Q000378:metabolism / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D011247:Pregnancy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D052242:Adiponectin; D001786:Blood Glucose; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D007328:Insulin; D007294:Inositol