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Different pathophysiology of impaired glucose tolerance in first-degree relatives of individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Metabolism: clinical and experimental - 1 May 2009
Emerson Peter, Van Haeften Timon W, Pimenta Walkyria, Plummer Elena, Woerle Hans J, Mitrakou Asimina, Szoke Ervin, Gerich John, Meyer Christian
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To assess whether an increased genetic predisposition for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) influences the contributions of insulin resistance and impaired insulin secretion to impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), 437 subjects not known to have T2DM underwent an oral glucose tolerance test and a 3-hour hyperglycemic clamp. Plasma insulin responses and insulin sensitivity were compared between all subjects (unselected...
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