The BIGTT Test
- 1 February 2007
- journal article
- Published by American Diabetes Association in Diabetes Care
- Vol. 30 (2) , 257-262
- https://doi.org/10.2337/dc06-1240
Abstract
OBJECTIVE—Insulin resistance and impaired β-cell function are key elements in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes. We aimed to develop valid algorithms for estimation of the insulin sensitivity index (SI) and acute insulin response (AIR) derived from simple and cheap physiological measurements that could be used in large-scale metabolic, genetic, and epidemiological studies. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—For our purpose, data from an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) (18 samples during 240 min) and a tolbutamide-modified intravenous glucose tolerance test (IVGTT) (33 samples during 180 min) from 258 individuals with fasting plasma glucose SI, and the trapezoidal method was used to calculate AIR0–8 min. Multiple linear regression was applied to derive predictive equations of log(SI) and log(AIR0–8 min) using data on sex, BMI, plasma glucose, and serum insulin levels obtained during the OGTT. RESULTS—We demonstrate that it is possible to obtain estimates of SI (BIGTT-SI) and AIR (BIGTT-AIR) that are highly correlated to IVGTT-derived values of SI (R2 = 0.77) and AIR (R2 = 0.54). In the two validation datasets we obtained similar results. CONCLUSIONS—Data from OGTTs can provide accurate measures of insulin sensitivity and β-cell function, which can be used in large scale metabolic, genetic, and epidemiological studies.Keywords
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