标题:Serum Immunoreactive Insulin (IRI) and Its Relationship to Obesity, Body Fat Distribution, Blood Pressure and Fasting Blood Glucose in Egyptian Women
期刊名称:Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition
印刷版ISSN:0912-0009
电子版ISSN:1880-5086
出版年度:1987
卷号:3
期号:2
页码:117-124
DOI:10.3164/jcbn.3.117
出版社:The Society for Free Radical Research Japan
摘要:The present work was focused on the relation between the degree of obesity and the pattern of fasting serum insulin levels in obese Egyptian women aged 35-55 years. The relations between insulin, fasting blood glucose, blood pressure, and fat distribution were also investigated. The present results demonstrate a correlation between serum insulin and body mass index (BMI). In addition, anthropometric variables describing body fatness correlated positively with serum insulin. A significantly positive correlation between both systolic and diastolic blood pressure and the fasting serum insulin was observed in the younger age group (35-44 years). This relationship was not present in the older group. A raised fasting serum insulin concentration in the presence of a normal fasting blood glucose was found. The possible connections between obesity, diabetes mellitus, and increased risk of hypertension were suggested.