Bhatnagar, Deepak

Cruickshank, J Kennedy

Durrington, Paul N

Heald, Adrien

Hughes, Elizabeth A

Mackness, Michael I

Patel, Jeetesh V

Prabhakaran, Dorairaj

Reddy, K Srinath

Vyas, Avni

In India, diabetes is endemic, linked to urbanization (1), and its dispersed migrant populations show a particular vulnerability (2,3). For example, in Britain, diabetes is more frequent among Indian migrants than in the general population (4,5), but reported rates appear to equal those in India (6), although diverse dietary and cultural habits across India are also likely to have an impact (7). Rates of glucose intolerance seem to be similar between particular Indian communities living in East Africa, and British population studies provide increasing support for a causal role of nonesterified fatty acids (NEFAs) in the etiology of type 2 diabetes (8,9). Here, using a standardized comparison of culturally specific Gujarati communities between India and Britain, we hypothesized that factors associated with disordered NEFA suppression following glucose challenge would confer greater glucose intolerance in these populations

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Nonesterified fatty acids as mediators of glucose intolerance in Indian Asian populations

Nonesterified fatty acids as mediators of glucose intolerance in Indian Asian populations

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