NCT01926938

Endothelial Function in Young Hispanic Adults at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 44 (actual)
• Sponsor: Joslin Diabetes Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Diabetes is a major public health problem. Hispanics/Latinos are known to be at higher risk for type 2 diabetes. The function of the endothelium has played a key role in the understanding of vascular complications in people with diabetes. Endothelial function and vascular reactivity are impaired not only in white adults with type 2 diabetes but also in those at risk for the disease by virtue of having impaired glucose tolerance or parental history of type 2 diabetes. Whether this finding is applicable to hispanics is not known. The investigators plan to assess the endothelial function and vascular reactivity in young Hispanic adults at risk of developing type 2 diabetes by virtue of being obese and belonging to a minority population.

Conditions

• Obesity
• Insulin Resistance

Timeline

• Start date: 2003-05-01
• Primary completion: 2013-01-01
• Completion: 2013-01-01
• First posted: 2013-08-21
• Last updated: 2013-08-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States