Login / Signup

Heterogeneity in insulin-stimulated glucose uptake among different muscle groups in healthy lean people and people with obesity.

Han-Chow E KohStephan van VlietGretchen A MeyerRichard LaforestRobert J GroplerSamuel KleinBettina Mittendorfer
Published in: Diabetologia (2021)
Obesity-associated insulin resistance is generalised across all major muscles, and is not caused by alterations in muscle fibre type composition or perfusion. In addition, insulin-stimulated whole-body glucose disposal relative to fat-free mass provides a reliable index of muscle glucose uptake rate.
Keyphrases