Muscle mass and functional correlates of insulin sensitivity in lean young Indian men

Autor: Anura V Kurpad, R P Kishore, Mario Vaz, Uma S. Unni, Tinku Thomas, G. Ramakrishnan, Tony Raj
Rok vydání: 2009
Předmět:
Zdroj: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 63:1206-1212
ISSN: 1476-5640
0954-3007
Popis: BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES There is a high prevalence of diabetes mellitus associated with insulin resistance in Indian adults, probably due to an inappropriately high accumulation of body fat at lower body mass indices (BMIs, kg/m(2)), as well as to a lower skeletal muscle mass. Although skeletal muscle is an important site of glucose disposal, the strength of its association with insulin sensitivity (IS) is unknown in the Indian population. SUBJECTS/METHODS This was a cross-sectional study performed to assess the association of body fat, muscle and muscle function with IS in 51 young, healthy, nonobese Indian men with BMI ranging from 15 to 25 kg/m(2), using hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp method. RESULTS The median IS was 5.32 (mg/(kg min))/(microU/ml), lower, upper quartile, 4.03, 6.56); (SI units: 4.25, lower, upper quartile, 3.22, 5.24 (micromol/(kg min))/(pmol/l)). A multiple linear regression of the natural log transformed value of IS on BMI and body muscle mass measured as the appendicular lean soft tissue (expressed as a percentage of body weight) explained 49% of the variance in IS. Independently, body fat percent and muscle (handgrip) strength showed significant bivariate correlations with IS (rho=-0.61, P
Databáze: OpenAIRE