Impaired adaptation of first-phase insulin secretion in postmenopausal women with glucose intolerance.

This study examined whether insulin secretion, insulin sensitivity, glucose effectiveness, and hepatic extraction of insulin are altered in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT). The frequently sampled intravenous glucose tolerance test was performed in postmenopausal women (age 63 yr, body mass index range 21.6-28.9 kg/m2) with IGT ( n = 10) or normal glucose tolerance (NGT; n = 10). Insulin sensitivity (SI) was significantly lower in IGT than in NGT ( P = 0.030). In contrast, insulin secretion was not significantly different between the two groups as determined by area under the curve for insulin and C-peptide, acute insulin response to glucose (AIRG), and glucose sensitivity of first-phase (φ1) or of second-phase (φ2) insulin secretion. In NGT ( r = -0.68, P = 0.029) but not in IGT ( r = -0.05, not significant), SIcorrelated negatively with φ1. The B-cell "adaptation index" (SI × φ1) was lower in IGT than in NGT [83 ± 25 vs. 171 ± 29 min-2/(mmol/l), P = 0.042]. Also, the B-cell "disposition index" (SItimes AIRG) was lower in IGT (83 ± 25 10-4min-1) than in NGT (196 ± 30 10-4min-1, P = 0.011). In contrast, glucose effectiveness or hepatic extraction of insulin was not different between IGT and NGT. We conclude that postmenopausal women with IGT fail to adequately adapt to lowered SI by increasing first-phase insulin secretion.

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