Race and ethnicity determine serum insulin and C-peptide concentrations and hepatic insulin extraction and insulin clearance: comparative studies of three populations of West African ancestry and white Americans

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental
K OseiA G Amoah

Abstract

We examined the importance of ethnicity in terms of beta-cell secretion and hepatic insulin extraction (HIE) and insulin clearance (IC) to peripheral insulin levels before and after stimulation in three populations of West African ancestry, namely African-Americans, Ghanaian immigrants, and native Ghanaians living in diverse environments, and white Americans. Following 10 to 12 hours of overnight fasting, each subject ingested a 75-g oral glucose load. Blood samples for determination of serum glucose, insulin, and C-peptide were obtained at baseline and after the oral glucose load at 30-minute intervals for 240 minutes. Basal HIE and IC were calculated as the molar ratios of C-peptide and insulin concentrations at basal steady state, and postprandial values as molar ratios of the incremental integrated C-peptide and insulin areas. Clinical characteristics of the patients were not significantly different among the four groups. During the fasting and postprandial state, serum glucose levels were not significantly different among the four groups. Surprisingly, the mean fasting insulin concentration was significantly greater in native Ghanaians (21.19 +/- 0.93 microU/mL, P < .05) than in African-Americans (11.90 +/- 1.02,microU/ML)...Continue Reading

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