A preliminary study of relationship between endothelial dysfunction and insulin resistance in obese subjects / 解放军医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the relationship between endothelial dysfunction and insulin resistance (IR) during reduction of body weight in obese subjects. Methods 260 obese subjects without metabolic disorders, cardiovascular disease and other clinically detectable diseases were enrolled in this study. Among them 157 patients were found to have impaired endothelial function and 103 with normal endothelial function. They were randomly divided into body weight reduction intervention group and nonintervention group. The measures of intervention included food restriction, exercise, and drugs for weight reduction, and they were continued for two years. 87 subjects with normal weight and without endothelial dysfunction served as normal control. IR index (HOMA-IR) and flow-mediated endothelium-dependent dilatation function were measured before and after the study period. Results After two years, it was found that the endothelial function was markedly improved (4.56?4.79 vs 15.17?5.80, P