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SynthesisNutrients2022

The Use and Effectiveness of Selected Alternative Markers for Insulin Sensitivity and Secretion Compared with Gold Standard Markers in Dietary Intervention Studies in Individuals without Diabetes: Results of a Systematic Review.

Lucia Vazquez Rocha, Ian Macdonald, Marjan Alssema, Kristine Færch

Open access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Nutrients, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Comparing surrogate indexes for insulin resistance as predictors of type 2 diabetes.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Lucia Vazquez RochaSchool of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6896-7870
Ian MacdonaldSchool of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK.
Marjan AlssemaUnilever Research and Development, 3133 AT Vlaardingen, The Netherlands.
Kristine FærchSteno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, 2730 Herlev, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-6127-0448
University of Nottingham · GBUnilever (Netherlands) · NLUniversity of Copenhagen · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe gold-standard techniques for measuring insulin sensitivity and secretion are well established. However, they may be perceived as invasive and expensive for use in dietary intervention studies. Thus, surrogate markers have been proposed as alternative markers for insulin sensitivity and secretion. This systematic review aimed to identify markers of insulin sensitivity and secretion in response to dietary intervention and assess their suitability as surrogates for the gold-standard methodology.

methodsThree databases, PubMed, Scopus, and Cochrane were searched, intervention studies and randomised controlled trials reporting data on dietary intake, a gold standard of analysis of insulin sensitivity (either euglycaemic-hyperinsulinaemic clamp or intravenous glucose tolerance test and secretion (acute insulin response to glucose), as well as surrogate markers for insulin sensitivity (either fasting insulin, area under the curve oral glucose tolerance tests and HOMA-IR) and insulin secretion (disposition index), were selected.

resultsWe identified thirty-five studies that were eligible for inclusion. We found insufficient evidence to predict insulin sensitivity and secretion with surrogate markers when compared to gold standards in nutritional intervention studies.

conclusionsFuture research is needed to investigate if surrogate measures of insulin sensitivity and secretion can be repeatable and reproducible in the same way as gold standards.

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Diabetes MellitusInsulin ResistanceBiomarkersBlood GlucoseGlucose Clamp TechniqueHumansInsulinBiomarkersBlood GlucoseInsulindietary intervention studiesgold standardinsulin secretioninsulin sensitivitysurrogate markers

Identifiers

PMID35631177
PMCPMC9143618
OpenAlexW4280601990

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