Marija Macesic, Nebojsa M Lalic, Vladimir S Kostic, Aleksandra Jotic, Katarina Lalic, Elka Stefanova, Tanja Milicic, Ljiljana Lukic, Jelena Stanarcic Gajovic, Nina Krako
BACKGROUND: The growing body of evidence suggests that atherosclerosis risk factors are important in cognitive decline. OBJECTIVE: To analyse insulin sensitivity, insulin secretion capacity, plasma insulin, adiponectin and lipid levels in normoglycaemic, nonobese patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) (group A, n=62), mild cognitive impairment (MCI) (group B, n=41), and healthy controls (group C, n=25). METHOD: Insulin sensitivity was determined by euglycemic hyperinsulinaemic clamp (M value) and homeostasis model assessment (HOMA-IR), insulin secretion capacity by first-phase insulin response (FPIR), plasma insulin by RIA, adiponectin by ELISA, total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and triglycerides by enzymatic method...
2017: Current Vascular Pharmacology