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SUBMITTER: Xiang AH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6089433 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xiang Anny H AH Black Mary Helen MH Shu Yu-Hsiang YH Wu Jun J MacKay Adrienne A Koebnick Corinna C Watanabe Richard M RM Buchanan Thomas A TA
PloS one 20180813 8
Obesity and adipokines are associated with development of type 2 diabetes. However, limited longitudinal studies have examined their roles on declining β-cell function over time. This report assessed three adiposity measures (BMI, percent body fat, trunk fat), insulin resistance, and fifteen adipokines in relationship to longitudinal change in β-cell function measured by disposition index (DI) from frequently-sampled-intravenous-glucose-tolerance testing. The results showed that three factors we ...[more]