@article {Anderwald1191, author = {Christian Anderwald and Marietta Stadler and Alain Golay and Michael Krebs and John Petrie and Anton Luger and on behalf of the RISC Investigators}, title = {Impact of family history on relations between insulin resistance, LDL cholesterol and carotid IMT in healthy adults}, volume = {96}, number = {15}, pages = {1191--1200}, year = {2010}, doi = {10.1136/hrt.2009.177436}, publisher = {BMJ Publishing Group Ltd}, abstract = {Background Insulin resistance (IR) is implicated as an independent risk factor for vascular disease. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of family history (FH) of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and/or cardiovascular disease (CVD) on the associations between IR, low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and subclinical atherosclerosis (common and internal carotid artery intima media thickness (IMT)) in healthy European adults.Methods Participants (n=1048) in the Relationship between Insulin Sensitivity and Cardiovascular disease (RISC) study were grouped according to family history of: (i) type 2 diabetes (FH-T2DM); (ii) cardiovascular disease (FH-CVD); (iii) both (FH-BOTH); or (iv) neither (CON). Insulin resistance (M-value, hyperinsulinaemic euglycaemic clamp), LDL-C and IMT were examined in relation to FH in all available participants, and then within subcohorts (highest quintiles) with higher LDL-C (\>3.5 mmol/l (\>135 mg/dl), n=252) or greater IR (M-value\<5 mg/min/kg, n=299).Results Carotid IMTs were comparable across the four FH groups, but insulin sensitivity (M-value) was lower (p\<0.01) in FH-T2DM (6.1{\textpm}2.6 mg/min/kg than in either CON (6.9{\textpm}2.9 mg/min/kg) or FH-CVD (7.1{\textpm}2.7 mg/min/kg). Within the highest LDL-C quintile, those with FH-CVD (or FH-BOTH) had higher common and internal carotid IMT (6{\textendash}12\%, p\<0.05 vs CON). In contrast, within the most IR quintile, FH-CVD was not associated with IMT.Conclusion In this cross-sectional analysis, family history of T2DM (but not of CVD) was associated with IR. In the presence of elevated LDL-C, FH-CVD (but not FH-T2DM) was associated with increased carotid IMT.}, issn = {1355-6037}, URL = {https://heart.bmj.com/content/96/15/1191}, eprint = {https://heart.bmj.com/content/96/15/1191.full.pdf}, journal = {Heart} }