title: Retraction.
abstract: Gómez-Hernández A, de las Heras N, Otero YF, Escribano Ó, Gozalbo-López B, Guillén C,Cachofeiro V, Lahera V, Benito M. Differential vascular damage in non-compensated versus compensated insulin resistance. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab (First published May 10, 2011).doi:10.1152/ajpendo.00662.2010.This article is being retracted by the American Physiological Society at the request of the authors because it contains improperly prepared data in Figures 3A and 4B. The authors apologize to the readers for this error and for any inconvenience associated with the publication of the article.