Hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance are independently associated with plasma lipids, uric acid and blood pressure in non-diabetic subjects. The GISIR database

Backgound and Aims: We evaluated whether hyperinsulinemia and/or insulin resistance are independently associated with plasma lipids, uric acid and blood pressure in nondiabetic subjects. Methods and Results: A database of hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp carried out with standard technique (40 mU per min per square meter of body surface area) in nondiabetic Italian subjects has been recently established. In this database we evaluated the relationships existing between fasting plasma insulin (FPI), glucose metabolized during clamp (M) and plasma levels of triglycerides (TG), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), uric acid (UA) as well as blood pressure (BP) in nondiabetic subjects with fasting plasma glucose