The Relationship between the Presence of Diabetic Retinopathy and the Response of Serum Immunoreactive Insulin after Oral Glucose Tolerance Test

Abstract

In order to clarify the relationship between the presence of diabetic retinopathy and serum immunoreactive insulin response, 100g oral glucose tolerance test was done to overt diabetic patients.
Blood glucose and serum immunoreactive insulin were determined.
The result is as follows:
The response of serum immunoreactive insulin after glucose loading in patients with diabetic retinopathy was significantly lower than in diabetics without diabetic retinopathy, although the change in blood level sugar was similar between them.