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METABOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL
Volume 62, Issue 10, Pages 1470-1476Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2013.05.022
Keywords
C-peptide; C-peptide index; Disposition index
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan
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Objective. The C-peptide index (CPI), a ratio of serum C-peptide to plasma glucose levels, is a readily measured index of beta-cell function. The difference in the physiological features reflected by the index measured under fasting (F-CPI) or postprandial (PP-CPI) conditions has remained unclear, however. Materials/Methods. We investigated the relationship of the two CPIs to indexes of insulin secretion measured with an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) or with hyperglycemic and hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp analyses as well as to disposition indexes (indexes of insulin secretion adjusted for insulin sensitivity) calculated from OGTT- or clamp-based analyses. We also examined the relationship between glucose tolerance and the clamp-based disposition index. Results. The clamp-based disposition index declined progressively from normal glucose tolerance to impaired glucose tolerance to Type 2 diabetes, and it strongly correlated with the 2-h plasma glucose level during an OGTT. For patients with Type 2 diabetes, both F-CPI and PP-CPI correlated with indexes of insulin secretion including HOMA-beta, the insulinogenic index, the ratio of the area under the insulin curve to that under the glucose curve during an OGTT, the serum C-peptide level after glucagon challenge, as well as early and total insulin secretion measured with a hyperglycemic clamp. PP-CPI, but not F-CPI, was significantly correlated with clamp-based and OGTT-based disposition indexes. Conclusions. F-CPI was correlated only with unadjusted indexes of insulin secretion, whereas PP-CPI was correlated with such indexes as well as with those adjusted for insulin sensitivity. The better clinical utility of PP-CPI might be attributable to these physiological characteristics. (c) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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