Fetal growth and insulin resistance in adult life: role of plasma triglyceride and non-esterified fatty acids
Fetal growth and insulin resistance in adult life: role of plasma triglyceride and non-esterified fatty acids
Reduced fetal growth is associated with insulin resistance and a high prevalence of glucose intolerance in adult life. Because babies who are growth retarded have elevated levels of triglyceride and non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA), and because similar abnormalities are observed in subjects with the insulin resistance syndrome, impaired regulation of lipid metabolism could be one of the mechanisms explaining the link between reduced fetal growth and insulin resistance. We have, therefore, measured fasting plasma triglyceride and NEFA, and the insulin-mediated suppression of NEFA during an oral glucose tolerance test in 93 men and women aged 50, born in Preston, whose birthweight and body size at birth had been recorded. Elevated fasting plasma triglycerides and reduced NEFA suppression during the oral glucose tolerance test were associated with the male sex, glucose intolerance, central obesity as indicated by a high waist to hip ratio and insulin resistance as measured by a short insulin tolerance test. However there were no statistically significant relationships between the birth measurements and the circulating lipid levels. Moreover in regression analyses the relationships between thinness at birth and insulin resistance or glucose intolerance in adult life were unaffected by the addition of triglyceride or NEFA in the models. These results suggest that the link between reduced fetal growth and insulin resistance in the adult is not mediated by an abnormal regulation of lipid metabolism.
Administration, Oral, Adult, Birth Weight, Body Constitution, Fatty Acids, Nonesterified/biosynthesis, Female, Fetal Growth Retardation/blood, Glucose Tolerance Test, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Insulin Resistance/physiology, Male, Predictive Value of Tests, Regression Analysis, Retrospective Studies, Triglycerides/blood
796-801
Phillips, D I
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McLeish, R
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Osmond, C
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Hales, C N
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15 September 1995
Phillips, D I
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McLeish, R
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Osmond, C
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Hales, C N
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Phillips, D I, McLeish, R, Osmond, C and Hales, C N
(1995)
Fetal growth and insulin resistance in adult life: role of plasma triglyceride and non-esterified fatty acids.
Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association, 12 (9), .
(doi:10.1111/j.1464-5491.1995.tb02082.x).
Abstract
Reduced fetal growth is associated with insulin resistance and a high prevalence of glucose intolerance in adult life. Because babies who are growth retarded have elevated levels of triglyceride and non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA), and because similar abnormalities are observed in subjects with the insulin resistance syndrome, impaired regulation of lipid metabolism could be one of the mechanisms explaining the link between reduced fetal growth and insulin resistance. We have, therefore, measured fasting plasma triglyceride and NEFA, and the insulin-mediated suppression of NEFA during an oral glucose tolerance test in 93 men and women aged 50, born in Preston, whose birthweight and body size at birth had been recorded. Elevated fasting plasma triglycerides and reduced NEFA suppression during the oral glucose tolerance test were associated with the male sex, glucose intolerance, central obesity as indicated by a high waist to hip ratio and insulin resistance as measured by a short insulin tolerance test. However there were no statistically significant relationships between the birth measurements and the circulating lipid levels. Moreover in regression analyses the relationships between thinness at birth and insulin resistance or glucose intolerance in adult life were unaffected by the addition of triglyceride or NEFA in the models. These results suggest that the link between reduced fetal growth and insulin resistance in the adult is not mediated by an abnormal regulation of lipid metabolism.
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Published date: 15 September 1995
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Administration, Oral, Adult, Birth Weight, Body Constitution, Fatty Acids, Nonesterified/biosynthesis, Female, Fetal Growth Retardation/blood, Glucose Tolerance Test, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Insulin Resistance/physiology, Male, Predictive Value of Tests, Regression Analysis, Retrospective Studies, Triglycerides/blood
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ISSN: 0742-3071
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