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Non-obese patients with type 2 diabetes and prediabetic subjects: distinct phenotypes requiring special diabetes treatment and (or) prevention?

Vaag, Allan LU and Lund, Søren S. (2007) In Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism 32(5). p.912-920
Abstract
A major reason for the increased incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) across the world is the so-called obesity epidemic, which occurs both in developed and developing countries. However, a large proportion of patients with T2DM in European and, in particular, Asian countries are non-obese. The non-obese T2DM phenotype is characterized by disproportionally reduced insulin secretion and less insulin resistance, as compared with obese patients with T2DM. Importantly, non-obese patients with T2DM have a similar increased risk of cardiovascular disease as obese T2DM patients. The risk of T2DM in non-obese patients is influenced by genetics as well as factors operating in utero indicated by low birth weight. Furthermore, this phenotype... (More)
A major reason for the increased incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) across the world is the so-called obesity epidemic, which occurs both in developed and developing countries. However, a large proportion of patients with T2DM in European and, in particular, Asian countries are non-obese. The non-obese T2DM phenotype is characterized by disproportionally reduced insulin secretion and less insulin resistance, as compared with obese patients with T2DM. Importantly, non-obese patients with T2DM have a similar increased risk of cardiovascular disease as obese T2DM patients. The risk of T2DM in non-obese patients is influenced by genetics as well as factors operating in utero indicated by low birth weight. Furthermore, this phenotype is slightly more prevalent among patients with latent autoimmune diabetes in adults, characterized by positive anti-GAD antibodies. The recently identified TCF7L2 gene polymorphism resulting in low insulin secretion influences the risk of T2DM in both obese and non-obese subjects, but is relatively more prevalent among non-obese patients with T2DM. Furthermore, the Prol2Ala polymorphism of the PPAR-gamma gene influencing insulin action increases the risk of T2DM in non-obese subjects. Despite a "normal" body mass index, non-obese patients with T2DM are generally characterized by a higher degree of both abdominal and total fat masses (adiposity). Prevention of T2DM with lifestyle intervention is at least as effective in non-obese as in obese prediabetic subjects, and recent data suggest that metformin treatment targeting insulin resistance and non-glycemic cardiovascular disease risk factors is as beneficial in non-obese as in obese patients with T2DM. Nevertheless, non-obese patients with T2DM may progress to insulin treatment more rapidly as compared with obese patients with T2DM. (Less)
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treatment, prevention, pathophysiology, type 2 diabetes mellitus, non-obese
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Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism
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912 - 920
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National Research Council Canada
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1715-5320
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10.1139/H07-100
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English
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  author       = {{Vaag, Allan and Lund, Søren S.}},
  issn         = {{1715-5320}},
  keywords     = {{treatment; prevention; pathophysiology; type 2 diabetes mellitus; non-obese}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{5}},
  pages        = {{912--920}},
  publisher    = {{National Research Council Canada}},
  series       = {{Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism}},
  title        = {{Non-obese patients with type 2 diabetes and prediabetic subjects: distinct phenotypes requiring special diabetes treatment and (or) prevention?}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/H07-100}},
  doi          = {{10.1139/H07-100}},
  volume       = {{32}},
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