Genetic evidence for a normal-weight “metabolically obese”

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Northerner

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Relationship to Diabetes
Type 1
Abstract

The mechanisms that predispose to hypertension, coronary artery disease (CAD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) in individuals of normal weight are poorly understood. In contrast, in monogenic primary lipodystrophy – a reduction in subcutaneous adipose tissue – it is clear that it is adipose dysfunction that causes severe insulin resistance (IR), hypertension, coronary artery disease and type 2 diabetes. We aimed to test the hypothesis that common alleles associated with insulin resistance also influence the wider clinical and biochemical profile of monogenic insulin resistance.

http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/content/early/2014/07/18/db14-0318.abstract
 
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