Glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity markers in children and adolescents with excess weight

CONCLUSIONS: Better surveillance of pubertal girls with obesity is crucial and can be achieved using additional information provided by an OGTT, since they appear to be at a higher risk for beta-cell exhaustion. During the OGTT, not only are the baseline and 2-hour glucose and insulin measurements useful for predicting future metabolic risks and development of T2DM in children and adolescents with obesity, but additional time measurements may also be helpful.PMID:34661258 | DOI:10.26355/eurrev_202110_26876
Source: European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Source Type: research