Summary The study aimed to investigate the triglycerides HDL-cholesterol ratio (Tg/HDL) and interaction of this with insulin resistance (IR) secretion indices, levels interleukin - 1(IL-1), interleukin-6 (Il-6), tumour necrotic factor-α (TNF-α) in sera among patients metabolic syndrome (MS). A prospective, cross-sectional, comparative was conducted on 45 MS without data for hyperglycemia 21 met...

BACKGROUND In patients with chronic HCV infection, an association between IL28B genotype and insulin-resistance (IR), known predictors of sustained virological response (SVR) to pegylated interferon (PEG-IFN) and ribavirin (RBV) therapy, has been reported. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of IR and IL28B genotype in two cohorts of well-characterized HCV patients. METHO...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine whether insulin resistance is a risk factor for the development of type 1 diabetes in autoantibody-positive first-degree relatives of diabetic family members. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Subjects (n = 186) who had a projected 25-50% risk for diabetes and subjects (n = 170) who had a projected >50% risk for type 1 diabetes in 5 years were fo...

OBJECTIVE To study the relationship of gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT) with insulin resistance markers [fasting insulin and Homeostasis Model Assessment of-insulin resistance (HOMA-IR)] and to assess the role of GGT as a determinant of insulin resistance in healthy obese children. MATERIAL AND METHODS Fifty healthy obese children (boys and girls with mean age 9.2 +/- 0.73 and 8.8 +/- 0.74 ye...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the association of insulin resistance and clinically defined metabolic syndrome (MetS) with subclinical atherosclerosis and examine whether these relationships vary by race/ethnicity or sex. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Subclinical atherosclerosis was assessed by coronary artery calcium (CAC) and carotid intima-medial thickness (IMT) in 5,810 participants without diabe...

Although beta cell dysfunction has been proved to predict prognosis among humans and animals, its prediction on severity of disease remains unclear among children. The present study was aimed to examine the relationship between beta cell dysfunction and severity of disease among critically ill children.This prospective study included 1146 critically ill children, who were admitted to Pediatric ...

OBJECTIVE Simple fasting methods to measure insulin resistance, such as the homeostasis model assessment (HOMA), fasting glucose/insulin ratio (FGIR), and quantitative insulin sensitivity check index (QUICKI) methods, have been widely promoted for adult studies but have not been evaluated formally among children and adolescents. The aim of this study was to compare the HOMA, FGIR, and QUICKI me...

BACKGROUND Although relationships between smoking/high cotinine and type 2 diabetes have consistently been observed, few studies have investigated the relationship between cotinine and underlying pathophysiological defects that characterize diabetes aetiology. This study aimed to test the associations between cotinine and measures of insulin resistance or insulin secretion. METHODS This analy...

BACKGROUND Chronic stress may facilitate the development of metabolic diseases. Insulin resistance is present long before the clinical manifestations of individual metabolic abnormalities. To explore whether chronic stress is an independent risk factor of insulin resistance, we investigated the relationship between the stress system, selected parameters of energy homeostasis, and insulin resist...