Insulin Sensitivity Does Not Account for Differences in Type 2 Diabetes Incidence Between San Antonio, Texas and Mexico City, Mexico
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Kenneth C. Williams; Clicerio González Villalpando; Steven M. Haffner; James P. Burke; Michael P. Stern
- Source
- Diabetes Care. 25:938-939
- Subject
- Advanced and Specialized Nursing
Gerontology
education.field_of_study
business.industry
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Insulin
medicine.medical_treatment
Incidence (epidemiology)
Population
Insulin sensitivity
Type 2 diabetes
medicine.disease
Mexico city
Diabetes mellitus
Internal Medicine
medicine
education
business
Demography
- Language
- ISSN
- 1935-5548
0149-5992
We would like to thank Belfiore and Iannello (1) for their interesting questions regarding our study (2). We agree that lower insulin sensitivity in the San Antonio, Texas population could have contributed to the elevated incidence in this population compared with the Mexico City, Mexico population. Drs. Belfiore and Iannello calculated their insulin sensitivity index using the mean fasting and 2-h insulin values from …