Oral Disposition Index Predicts the Development of Future Diabetes Above and Beyond Fasting and 2-h Glucose Levels
Abstract
OBJECTIVE—We sought to determine whether an oral disposition index (DIO) predicts the development of diabetes over a 10-year period. First, we assessed the validity of the DIO by demonstrating that a hyperbolic relationship exists between oral indexes of insulin sensitivity and β-cell function.
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—A total of 613 Japanese-American subjects (322 men and 291 women) underwent a 75-g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) at baseline, 5 years, and 10 years. Insulin sensitivity was estimated as 1/fasting insulin or homeostasis model assessment of insulin sensitivity (HOMA-S). Insulin response was estimated as the change in insulin divided by change in glucose from 0 to 30 min (ΔI0–30/ΔG0–30).
RESULTS—ΔI0–30/ΔG0–30 demonstrated a curvilinear relationship with 1/fasting insulin and HOMA-S with a left and downward shift as glucose tolerance deteriorated. The confidence limits for the slope of the loge-transformed estimates included −1 for ΔI0–30/ΔG0–30 versus 1/fasting insulin for all glucose tolerance groups, consistent with a hyperbolic relationship. When HOMA-S was used as the insulin sensitivity measure, the confidence limits for the slope included −1 only for subjects with normal glucose tolerance (NGT) or impaired fasting glucose (IFG)/impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) but not diabetes. On the basis of this hyperbolic relationship, the product of ΔI0–30/ΔG0–30 and 1/fasting insulin was calculated (DIO) and decreased from NGT to IFG/IGT to diabetes (P < 0.001). Among nondiabetic subjects at baseline, baseline DIO predicted cumulative diabetes at 10 years (P < 0.001) independent of age, sex, BMI, family history of diabetes, and baseline fasting and 2-h glucose concentrations.
CONCLUSIONS—The DIO provides a measure of β-cell function adjusted for insulin sensitivity and is predictive of development of diabetes over 10 years.
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Published ahead of print at http://care.diabetesjournals.org on 28 October 2008.
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- Accepted October 16, 2008.
- Received August 11, 2008.
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