Diabetes, Vol 43, Issue 3 411-417, Copyright © 1994 by American Diabetes Association

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Isolated low HDL cholesterol. An insulin-resistant state

P Karhapaa, M Malkki and M Laakso
Department of Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, Finland.

High levels of very-low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) triglycerides (TGs) and low levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol have been found to be associated with insulin resistance. However, direct evidence that patients with isolated low HDL cholesterol are insulin resistant is still lacking. Therefore, we investigated the degree of insulin resistance and intracellular metabolism of glucose by the euglycemic glucose clamp technique and indirect calorimetry in three groups of subjects with normal glucose tolerance: 17 male control subjects with normolipidemia, 12 male patients with isolated low HDL cholesterol (low HDL group), and 10 male patients with low HDL cholesterol and hypertriglyceridemia (low HDL/high TG group). Fasting, 1-h, and 2-h glucose levels did not differ between the groups in an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). In contrast, insulin levels during an OGTT were significantly higher in the low HDL group than in the control group (fasting insulin: 85 +/- 11 vs. 50 +/- 6 pM, P = 0.005; 1-h insulin: 622 +/- 92 vs. 394 +/- 64 pM, P = 0.004; and 2-h insulin: 343 +/- 73 vs. 194 +/- 40 pM, P = 0.006). Similarly, insulin levels were also higher in the low HDL/high TG group than in the control group (fasting insulin: 82 +/- 14 pM, P = 0.037; 1-h insulin: 795 +/- 179 pM, P = 0.063; and 2-h insulin: 488 +/- 145 pM, P = 0.040).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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