Serum Insulin and Glucose Concentrations in People at Risk for Type II Diabetes: A comparative study of African Americans and Nigerians

Abstract

Our preliminary study demonstrates greater serum insulin responses and, perhaps, insulin resistance in glucose-tolerant African Americans than in their Nigerian counterparts, irrespective of family history of diabetes and obesity. We conclude that the antecedent lesions leading to the development of type II diabetes may be different in the first-degree relatives of African-American and Nigerian diabetic patients.