Research
Hormonal
Among obese individuals with normal fasting glucose, higher visceral fat, fructosamine, and insulin levels are independently associated with the composite outcome of incident prediabetes or diabetes.
If you are obese but have normal fasting glucose, you are not necessarily safe from diabetes. Look deeper: check your visceral fat, insulin levels, and fructosamine. These markers can identify risk even when standard glucose tests appear normal.
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In multivariable analysis, higher visceral fat mass... fructosamine level... and insulin level... were independently associated with the composite of incident prediabetes or diabetes among participants with normal FBG levels at baseline
Why this rating
Longitudinal data in a specific subgroup with rigorous biomarker analysis.
Source
Dysfunctional Adiposity and the Risk of Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes in Obese Adults
Ian J. Neeland et al. · JAMA · 2012
DOI 10.1001/2012.jama.11132
cohort · n=732Cited 649×
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