South Asian children are more insulin resistant than white children

British South Asian children have higher average levels of insulin and insulin resistance than white children, but these ethnic differences are not associated with corresponding differences in adiposity. However, insulin metabolism seems to be more sensitive to a given degree of adiposity in South Asian children than white children. Whincup and colleagues (p 635) conducted a cross sectional study involving 8-11 year old children in 10 British towns. They recommend that action to prevent non-insulin diabetes in South Asian adults should begin in childhood.


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Early evidence of ethnic differences in cardiovascular risk: cross sectional comparison of British South Asian and white children
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