Status:
COMPLETED
Body Composition, Glucose Metabolism, Insulin Resistance and Gene Expression in Muscle Cells in Healthy Overweight Women
Lead Sponsor:
Odense University Hospital
Conditions:
Obesity
Type 2 Diabetes
Eligibility:
FEMALE
18-45 years
Brief Summary
In this study, we will clarify the degree of insulin resistance and characterise muscle glucose metabolism and gene expression in a group of overweight healthy women. The study will clarify how overwe...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Regular menses, i.e. cyclus length 25-34 days
- Premenopausal
- Ferrimann-Gallway score \< 2
- BMI \> 27 kg/m2
- normal total testosterone value \< 3.5 nmol/l
Exclusion
- Age \<18 years
- Contraceptive pills within the past 3 months
- Postmenopausal (increased FSH)
- Diabetes mellitus
- Endocrine or other disease requiring treatment
- Eating disorder or other psychiatric history
- Drug use known to influence parameters investigated in this trial
- Pregnancy
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2002
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
End Date :
December 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
10 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00145392
Start Date
September 1 2002
End Date
December 1 2007
Last Update
June 24 2008
Active Locations (1)
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Department of Endocrinology, Odense University Hospital
Odense, Funen, Denmark, 5000