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Fasting triglyceride and the triglyceride-HDL cholesterol ratio are not markers of insulin resistance in African Americans.

Sumner, Anne E., Finley, Karl B., Genovese, David J., Criqui, Michael H., Boston, Raymond C.·2005·Archives of Internal Medicine
DOI 10.1001/archinte.165.12.1395
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BACKGROUND: The "lipid criteria" consist of a triglyceride (TG) level of 130 mg/dL (1.47 mmol/L) or greater and a ratio of TG to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) of 3 or greater. In Caucasians, the lipid criteria predict insulin resistance in individuals with a body mass index (BMI) of 25 kg/m(2) or greater. Our goal was to determine whether TG levels or TG-HDL-C ratio predicted insulin resistance in African Americans with a BMI of 25 kg/m(2) or more. METHODS: Of 125 African Americans, the 98 with a BMI of 25 kg/m(2) or more participated. All subjects had frequently sampled intravenous glucose tolerance tests with insulin resistance determined by the insulin sensitivity index. Subjects were divided into the following tertiles by insulin sensitivity: 12.8 to 4.3, 4.2 to 2.3, and 2.2 to 0.2 mU/L per minute. Insulin resistance was defined as being in the third tertile. Across tertiles, the distribution of variables was compared by 1-way analysis of variance. Areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve were determined to identify variables that predicted insulin resistance. RESULTS: Fasting insulin level, BMI, and waist circumference increased across tertiles (all P<.01), but TG levels and TG-HDL-C ratio did not (all P>/=.3). The mean +/- SE areas under the curves for fasting insulin, BMI, and waist circumference were 0.85 +/- 0.04, 0.72 +/- 0.05, and 0.71 +/- 0.05, respectively. For TG level and TG-HDL-C ratio, the areas under the curves were 0.55 +/- 0.06 and 0.56 +/- 0.06, respectively, meaning that the true-positive rate was nearly equal to the false-positive rate. Therefore, they could not be used as markers of insulin resistance. Furthermore, 17 subjects met the lipid criteria but only 7 were in the insulin-resistant tertile, making the sensitivity of these criteria to identify insulin resistance only 17%. CONCLUSION: In African Americans, TG levels and TG-HDL-C ratio are not reliable markers of insulin resistance.

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Authors
Sumner, A. E., Finley, K. B., Genovese, D. J., Criqui, M. H., & Boston, R. C.
Affiliations
National Institutes of Health (US)
ORCID
Venue
Archives of Internal Medicine
Publisher
American Medical Association (AMA)
Published
2005-06-27
Volume
165
Issue
12
Pages
1395
ISSN
0003-9926 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1001/archinte.165.12.1395
OpenAlex
W2072843742
Cited by
230
References
26
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FWCI
7.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Archives of Internal Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institutes of Health
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Lipid metabolism and disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
Keywords
insulin resistance, triglycerides, triglyceride to HDL cholesterol ratio, African Americans, insulin sensitivity index, fasting insulin, waist circumference, body mass index, diagnostic biomarkers, insulin resistance screening
MeSH terms
Adult, Black or African American, Cross-Sectional Studies, Fasting, Female, Humans, Insulin Resistance, Cholesterol, HDL, Male, Middle Aged, ROC Curve, Triglycerides, Reproducibility of Results, Body Mass Index, Waist-Hip Ratio

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