Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Insulin, in addition to its known metabolic effects, has sympatho-excitatory and vasodilatory actions on muscular blood vessels. The goal of this study was to evaluate insulin sensitivity in young women with vasovagal syncope and positive tilt test results (HUT+) and to compare it with that in patients with negative tilt test results (HUT-) and in control subjects without a history of syncope. METHODS:Different indices of insulin sensitivity were obtained by an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) in 13 young women with syncope and HUT+ (age 26.8 +/- 9.1 years, body mass index 20.4 +/- 2.1), 8 patients with HUT- (age 26 +/- 5.6 years, body mass index 21.9 +/- 2.4), and 13 control subjects without syncope and HUT- (age 28.9 +/- 8.8 years, body mass index 23.1 +/- 1.7). The following parameters were assessed: fasting glucose and insulin levels (G(0), I(0)); G(0)/I(0) ratio; G(0) x I(0); areas under the curve for glucose and insulin; homeostatic model assessment (HOMA); quantitative insulin sensitivity check index (QUICKI); and composite whole-body insulin sensitivity index (ISI). RESULTS:G(0) and I(0) values were significantly lower in patients with HUT+ than in control subjects (G(0) 4.9 vs 81.9, P <.05, I(0) 4.7 vs 9.1, P <.005). All the fasting values-based indices (ie, HOMA 0.9 vs 1.9, P <.005) and the ISI (12.8 vs 7.1, P =.01) differed significantly in both groups. None of the parameters showed significant differences between patients with HUT- and control subjects. Sixty-one percent of patients with HUT+ had a vasovagal reaction during OGTT. CONCLUSIONS:Young women with vasovagal syncope and HUT+ have a greater insulin sensitivity. They have a propensity to reproduce symptoms during the OGTT. This hypersensitivity could be one of the predisposing factors for vasovagal episodes.
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Am Heart Jjournal_title
American heart journalauthors
Ruiz GA,Calvar C,Hermes R,Rivadeneira D,Bengolea V,Chirife R,Tentori MC,Gelpi RJdoi
10.1016/S0002-8703(02)94707-1subject
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2003-05-01 00:00:00pages
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1097-6744pii
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145pub_type
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