PMID- 22360541 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20121210 LR - 20221207 IS - 1442-200X (Electronic) IS - 1328-8067 (Linking) VI - 54 IP - 4 DP - 2012 Aug TI - Insulin resistance at diagnosis in Japanese children with type 2 diabetes mellitus. PG - 516-9 LID - 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2012.03596.x [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Insulin resistance at diagnosis was investigated in Japanese children with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). METHODS: A total of 160 children with T2DM were divided into groups on the basis of percent overweight at time of diagnosis: group A (n = 28), <20%; group B (n = 55), 20-39%; group C (n = 37), 40-59%; group D (n = 40), >/= 60%. Indicators of insulin resistance at diagnosis were compared among the four patient groups, and also between the children with T2DM and the 201 age-matched normal Japanese children. RESULTS: There were no significant differences in plasma glucose (PG) levels among the four patient groups. The mean concentration of fasting plasma immunoreactive insulin (IRI) was significantly higher in group D than in groups A and B (39.2 microU/mL vs 16.2 microU/mL and 24.1 microU/mL, P < 0.05, respectively). The mean homeostasis model assessment (HOMA-R) was significantly higher in group D than in all the other three groups (17.6 vs 7.8, 10.8 and 12.7, P < 0.05, respectively). The indicators HOMA-R and fasting IRI were significantly higher in each diabetes group, even in non-obese group A, than in normal children (P < 0.01, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Japanese children with T2DM had insulin resistance at diagnosis regardless of percent overweight, and the degree of insulin resistance gradually increased with rise in percent overweight. CI - (c) 2012 The Authors. Pediatrics International (c) 2012 Japan Pediatric Society. FAU - Urakami, Tatsuhiko AU - Urakami T AD - Department of Pediatrics, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. urakami.tatsuhiko@nihon-u.ac.jp FAU - Habu, Masako AU - Habu M FAU - Kuwabara, Remi AU - Kuwabara R FAU - Komiya, Kei AU - Komiya K FAU - Nagano, Nobuhiko AU - Nagano N FAU - Suzuki, Junichi AU - Suzuki J FAU - Mugishima, Hideo AU - Mugishima H LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20120425 PL - Australia TA - Pediatr Int JT - Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society JID - 100886002 SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Asian People MH - Child MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/diagnosis/*metabolism MH - Female MH - Humans MH - *Insulin Resistance MH - Male EDAT- 2012/03/01 06:00 MHDA- 2012/12/12 06:00 CRDT- 2012/02/25 06:00 PHST- 2012/02/25 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/03/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/12/12 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2012.03596.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Pediatr Int. 2012 Aug;54(4):516-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2012.03596.x. Epub 2012 Apr 25.