OBJECTIVE: To determine the early biochemical predictors of increased susceptibility to develop diabetes in offspring of African type 2 diabetic parents. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: A total of 69 offspring (case subjects) of 26 families in Cameroon with at least one type 2 diabetic parent were studied, and 62 offspring (control subjects) from 25 families in Cameroon with no parent with type 2 diabetes underwent an oral glucose tolerance test. Early insulin secretion was calculated using the ratio of the 0- to 30-min incremental insulin values to the 0- to 30-min incremental glucose. Anthropometric parameters were also measured. RESULTS: Of the case subjects, 23% were glucose intolerant (4% with diabetes and 19% with impaired glucose tolerance [IGT]) compared with 6.5% (all with IGT) of control subjects (P = 0.02). There was also an increasing prevalence of glucose intolerance, especially IGT with increasing number of glucose-intolerant parents. Fasting serum insulin levels were not different in the two groups; however, at 30 min, the case subjects had lower insulin levels than the control subjects (P < 0.006). Case subjects with IGT had lower 30-min insulin concentration, early insulin secretion, and 2-h insulin levels than those with normal glucose tolerance (NGT) (F = 4.1, P < 0.05; F = 4.1, P < 0.04; and F = 5.1, P < 0.03, respectively). Furthermore, case subjects with NGT and IGT had lower early insulin secretion than control subjects (F = 4. 1, P < 0.03). These differences remained after adjustment for BMI and regardless of the status of parental diabetes. Two-hour insulin concentration showed a positive association (odds ratio = 0.95 CI 0.90-0.99, P = 0.039) with IGT in the case subjects. CONCLUSIONS: Diabetes and IGT are more prevalent in the offspring of African type 2 diabetic parents, and this may be due to an underlying degree of beta-cell impairment marked by reduced early-phase insulin secretion.
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December 01 2000
Reduced insulin secretion in offspring of African type 2 diabetic parents.
J C Mbanya;
J C Mbanya
Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I. Cameroon. jean-claude,[email protected]
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L N Pani;
L N Pani
Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I. Cameroon. jean-claude,[email protected]
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D N Mbanya;
D N Mbanya
Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I. Cameroon. jean-claude,[email protected]
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E Sobngwi;
E Sobngwi
Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I. Cameroon. jean-claude,[email protected]
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J Ngogang
J Ngogang
Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I. Cameroon. jean-claude,[email protected]
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J C Mbanya, L N Pani, D N Mbanya, E Sobngwi, J Ngogang; Reduced insulin secretion in offspring of African type 2 diabetic parents.. Diabetes Care 1 December 2000; 23 (12): 1761–1765. https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.23.12.1761
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