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hyperinsulinism

[‚hī·pər′in·sə·lə‚niz·əm]
(medicine)
Condition caused by abnormally high levels of insulin in the blood.
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Tesaglitazar greatly improved insulin's ability to suppress tissue nonoxidative FFA disposal resulting in normalization of [R.sub.fs] at physiological hyperinsulinemia in all tissues examined.
Signs of manifested arteriosclerosis, that is, plaques or stenosis, were present in 16% [15-18%] of participants and hyperinsulinemia in 12% [11-13%].
Hyperinsulinemia has generally been considered a marker of insulin resistance, i.e., a decrease in the effect of insulin to stimulate glucose uptake at a given serum insulin concentration (Tenenbaum et al.
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Insulin resistance with compensatory hyperinsulinemia increases testosterone production by stimulating ovarian function, specifically, by stimulating the activity of cytochrome P450c17alpha.
Hyperinsulinemia in thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis.
Insulin resistance with compensatory hyperinsulinemia and chronic anovulation are the pivotal features of PCOS (Palomba et al., 2007).
Hyperinsulinemia was present in similar proportions of both groups, indicating that metabolic derangement is already present in the youngest girls with PCOS, Dr.
In Table 1, G/I and QUICKI give values lower than HOMA with increasing insulin resistance (hyperinsulinemia).
The fasting insulin equivalent was determined to be 7[micro]U/mL, a 75th percentile value of fasting insulin in Japanese male workers (Tamakoshi et al., 2003) as the basic criteria for hyperinsulinemia in this study.
(7) When sex-hormone binding levels are decreased from hyperinsulinemia, it causes greater exposure of both estrogens and testosterone to the tissue, which leads to an even greater androgen response.
Findings on laboratory evaluations were normal except for the results of the glucose tolerance test, which showed a fluctuating blood sugar level with an exaggerated drop at the third hour and evidence of hyperinsulinemia, according to the criteria developed by Kraft.
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