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Associations of free fatty acids with insulin secretion and action among African-American and European-American girls and women.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19680231     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Ethnic differences in insulin secretion and action between African Americans (AAs) and European Americans (EAs) may influence mobilization of free fatty acids (FFAs). We tested the hypotheses that FFA concentrations would be associated with measures of insulin secretion and action before and during a glucose challenge test. Subjects were 48 prepubertal girls, 60 premenopausal women, and 46 postmenopausal women. Fasting insulin (insulin(0)), the acute insulin response to glucose (AIR(g)), the insulin sensitivity index (S(I)), basal and nadir FFA (FFA(0), FFA(nadir)), and nadir time (TIME(nadir)) were determined during an intravenous glucose tolerance test (IVGTT). Stepwise multiple linear regression (MLR) analysis was conducted to identify associations of FFA(0), FFA(nadir), and TIME(nadir) with ethnicity, age group, insulin measures, indexes of body composition from dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, and measures of fat distribution from computed tomography scan. In this population, insulin(0) and AIR(g) were higher among AAs vs. EAs, whereas S(I) was lower, independent of age group. MLR analyses indicated that FFA(0) was best predicted by lean tissue mass (LTM), leg fat mass, ethnicity (lower in AAs), S(I), and insulin(0). FFA(nadir) was best predicted by FFA(0), age group, and intra-abdominal adipose tissue (IAAT). TIME(nadir) was best predicted by leg fat mass, AIR(g), and S(I). In conclusion, indexes of insulin secretion and action were associated with FFA dynamics in healthy girls and women. Lower FFA(0) among AAs was independent of insulin(0) and S(I). Whether lower FFA(0) is associated with substrate oxidation or risk for obesity remains to be determined.
Authors:
Laura Lee T Goree; Betty E Darnell; Robert A Oster; Marian A Brown; Barbara A Gower
Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2009-08-13
Journal Detail:
Title:  Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)     Volume:  18     ISSN:  1930-7381     ISO Abbreviation:  Obesity (Silver Spring)     Publication Date:  2010 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-01-29     Completed Date:  2010-02-22     Revised Date:  2011-06-20    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101264860     Medline TA:  Obesity (Silver Spring)     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  247-53     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. llt@uab.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Absorptiometry, Photon
Adiposity / ethnology*
Adolescent
Adult
African Americans*
Age Factors
Aged
Aging / ethnology,  metabolism
Child
European Continental Ancestry Group*
Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / blood*
Female
Glucose Tolerance Test
Humans
Insulin / blood*
Insulin Resistance / ethnology*
Linear Models
Middle Aged
Obesity / ethnology*,  metabolism,  physiopathology
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Time Factors
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
United States
Young Adult
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
M01 RR000032-440701/RR/NCRR NIH HHS; M01 RR000032-450701/RR/NCRR NIH HHS; M01 RR000032-460701/RR/NCRR NIH HHS; M01 RR000032-475085/RR/NCRR NIH HHS; M01-RR-00032/RR/NCRR NIH HHS; P30 DK056336-01/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; P30 DK056336-02/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; P30 DK056336-03/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; P30 DK056336-069004/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; P30 DK056336-079004/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; P30 DK056336-089004/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; P30-DK56336/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; P60 DK079626-01/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; P60 DK079626-02/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; P60-DK079626/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; R01 DK058278-01/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; R01 DK058278-02/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; R01 DK058278-03/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; R01 DK058278-03S1/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; R01 DK058278-04/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; R01 DK058278-04S1/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; R01DK58278/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; 11061-68-0/Insulin
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