PURPOSE The effects of prolonged sevoflurane anaesthesia on insulin sensitivity were investigated by two successive intravenous glucose tolerance tests (IVGTT) in eight patients who underwent prolonged surgery. METHODS The first IVGTT was administered (25 g glucose as 20% dextrose in water iv) over two minutes 35 min after initiation of surgery. Arterial blood samples were obtained at 0, 5, 1...

Fetal/neonatal exposure to the endocrine disruptor bisphenol A (BPA) has induced obesity and increased glucose intolerance. We hypothesized that chronic BPA exposure would worsen the obesity and glucose intolerance induced by a high fat diet (HFD). The drinking water of C57bl/6n dams was treated with vehicle (VEH) or BPA (25 ng/ml) from gestation day 11.5 to postnatal day 21. Another group was ...

TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS AND ITS precursor, impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), are associated with increased risk for morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease (CVD), particularly coronary heart disease. An increased prevalence of traditional risk factors for atherosclerosis (eg, hypertension, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol [HDL-C] levels) occurs in type 2 diabetes and IGT, b...

High-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diets (KD) are used for weight loss and for treatment of refractory epilepsy. Recently, short-time studies in rodents have shown that, besides their beneficial effect on body weight, KD lead to glucose intolerance and insulin resistance. However, the long-term effects on pancreatic endocrine cells are unknown. In this study we investigate the effects of long...

BACKGROUND Epidemiological studies have reported that the prevalence of diabetes in women > 40 years of age, especially those in the postmenopausal phase, was higher than in men in areas with high levels of arsenic in drinking water. The detailed effect of arsenic on glucose metabolism/homeostasis in the postmenopausal condition is still unclear. OBJECTIVES We investigated the effects of arse...

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The beta score, a composite measure of beta cell function after islet transplantation, has limited sensitivity because of its categorical nature and requires a mixed-meal tolerance test (MMTT). We developed a novel score based on a single fasting blood sample. The BETA-2 score used stepwise forward linear regression incorporating glucose (in millimoles per liter), C-peptide (in nanomoles per li...

The inheritance of non-insulin-dependent (type II) diabetes was studied by a continuous infusion of glucose test in all available first degree relatives of 48 diabetic probands of various ages and with differing severity of disease. In an initial study of 38 type II diabetic subjects and their first degree relatives six islet cell antibody negative patients with early onset disease (aged 25-40 ...

BACKGROUND Insulin resistance, glucose intolerance and overt diabetes are known metabolic complications associated with chronic use of HIV-Protease Inhibitors. Naringin is a grapefruit-derived flavonoid with anti-diabetic, anti-dyslipidemia, anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant activities. OBJECTIVES The study investigated the protective effects of naringin on glucose intolerance and impaired i...

High-protein-low-carbohydrate (HP-LC) diets have become widespread. Yet their deleterious consequences, especially on glucose metabolism and arteries, have already been underlined. Our previous study (2) has already shown glucose intolerance with major arterial dysfunction in very old mice subjected to an HP-LC diet. The hypothesis of this work was that this diet had an age-dependent deleteriou...