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Article: Glucose tolerance status predictive of weight change.
- Article from:
- Obesity & Diabetes Week
- Article date:
- June 2, 2003
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2003 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Glucose tolerance status was predictive of weight change in a triethnic population.
"Insulin resistance, insulin secretion, and glucose tolerance may predict weight change. A total of 1,194 adults aged 39-69 years at baseline (46% with normal glucose tolerance according to World Health Organization criteria, 23% with impaired glucose tolerance, and 31% with type 2 diabetes mellitus who were not taking insulin) were evaluated at baseline (1992-1994) and after five years," scientists in the United States report.
"Baseline insulin sensitivity (S[subscript]I) was measured by means of a 12-sample, insulin-enhanced, ...