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ArticleDiabetes2013

Relation between serum free fatty acids and adiposity, insulin resistance, and cardiovascular risk factors from adolescence to adulthood.

Brigitte I Frohnert, David R Jacobs, Julia Steinberger, Antoinette Moran, Lyn M Steffen, Alan R Sinaiko

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Article in Diabetes, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.

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56citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 98 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Brigitte I FrohnertDepartment of Pediatrics, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. frohn001@umn.edu
David R Jacobs
Julia Steinberger
Antoinette Moran
Lyn M Steffen
Alan R Sinaiko
University of Minnesota Medical Center · USUniversity of Minnesota · US

Funding

University of Minnesota Clinical and Translational Science Institute (UMN CTSI)UL1TR000114 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI BLAZAR, BRUCE R · 2012 to 2015
$35.0M
YOUTH DRUG ABUSE, ADHD, AND RELATED DISRUPTIVE DISORDERSM01RR000400 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI BACHANOVA, VERONIKA S · 1985 to 2009
$33.7M
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE (UMN CTSI)UL1RR033183 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI BLAZAR, BRUCE R · 2011 to 2011
$8.9M
INSULIN AND BLOOD PRESSURE CHANGE DURING ADOLESCENCER01HL052851 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI SINAIKO, ALAN R. · 1995 to 2007
$5.0M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000114NCRR NIH HHS M01 RR000400NCRR NIH HHS M01-RR-00400NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR033183NHLBI NIH HHS HL-52851NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL052851
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective of this study was to describe longitudinal relations of serum total free fatty acids (FFAs) to insulin resistance (IR) and cardiovascular (CV) risk factors from adolescence into adulthood. The cohort included participants in a longitudinal study of obesity and IR with complete data, including anthropometric measures, FFAs, IR measured by euglycemic clamp, blood pressure, fasting serum lipids, and insulin at mean 15 and 22 years of age (n = 207) and their parents (n = 272). FFAs and IR were not significantly related at mean 15 years of age but were significantly related at mean age 22 years. FFA did not relate to BMI at either age. FFA at 15 years of age estimated IR at 22 years of age. In parents (mean age 51 years), FFA was significantly correlated with BMI, percent body fat, systolic blood pressure, LDL, and IR. Associations with all risk factors except IR in parents were attenuated by adjustment for BMI. Most 22 years of age correlations with parents were higher than corresponding 15 years of age correlations. This study finds that FFA is associated with IR starting in young adulthood. The relation between FFA and CV risk factors does not become significant until later adulthood. The results support a significant impact of early metabolic dysfunction on later CV risk.

Indexed as

AdiposityAdolescentAdultAge FactorsBody Mass IndexCardiovascular DiseasesCross-Sectional StudiesFatty Acids, NonesterifiedFemaleHumansInsulin ResistanceMaleRisk FactorsYoung AdultFatty Acids, Nonesterified

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PMID23670973
PMCPMC3749355
OpenAlexW2160865488

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