Indian men are prone to insulin resistance
By Nathan Seppa
Men from India are more likely than those in other large ethnic groups to have a condition that predisposes them to type 2, or adult-onset, diabetes, a U.S. study shows.
The condition, called insulin resistance, arises when a person’s cells fail to respond efficiently to insulin—requiring the body to make extra insulin to move glucose into cells where it’s converted into energy. Insulin resistance is often linked with obesity.
Researchers enlisted 482 men and women in Connecticut from five ethnic groups—East Asian, Indian Asian, white, black, and Hispanic. All were lean, apparently healthy individuals, and most were in their 20s.