INSULIN SENSITIVITY IN NATIVE HAWAIIANS WITH NIDDM

夏威夷原住民的糖尿病患病率很高， 这一少数民族人口的发病率和死亡率。周界单元 胰岛素抵抗是NIDDM的特征之一。这 这项研究旨在研究体外胰岛素敏感性， 皮下脂肪细胞来自患有和不患有NIDDM的夏威夷土著人。 此外，由于这种遗传混合物的优势， 在人口中，我们希望研究遗传遗传对 夏威夷本地糖尿病患者体内可能存在的体外细胞缺陷。 受试者将通过艾玛女王诊所接受采访和登记， 皇后医学中心，附属于夏威夷大学医学院 大约有2000名夏威夷土著人，其中200名患有NIDDM， 保健血液和脂肪细胞样本的处理，激素 细胞胰岛素敏感性的测量和实验将是 在位于一个医院的医学系实验室进行 与医院相邻的建筑。

Native Hawaiians have a high prevalence rate of DM which impacts greatly on the morbidity and mortality of this minority population. Peripheral cell resistance to insulin is one of the features that characterize NIDDM. This study proposes to investigate the in vitro insulin sensitivity of subcutaneous adipocytes from native Hawaiians with and without NIDDM. Furthermore, with the predominance of genetic admixture within this population, we wish to examine the contribution of genetic inheritance to the possible in vitro cellular defects in diabetic native Hawaiians. Subjects will be interviewed and enrolled through the Queen Emma Clinic of Queens Medical Center, a University of Hawaii Medical School affiliated hospital, where approximately 2000 native Hawaiians, 200 with NIDDM receive health care. Processing of blood and adipocyte samples, hormonal measurements, and experiments of cellular insulin sensitivity will be performed in a laboratory of the Department of Medicine located in a building adjacent to the hospital.