Browsing Open Research by Author "Crofts, CAP"
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Determining a Diagnostic Algorithm for Hyperinsulinaemia
Crofts, CAP; Schofield, G; Wheldon, MC; Zinn, C; Kraft, JRBackground: Ascertaining Kraft dynamic insulin response patterns following a 3-h 100 g oral glucose tolerance test seems to be the most reliable method for diagnosing hyperinsulinaemia. However, this test may be too ... -
Metabolic Phenotypes and Step by Step Evolution of Type 2 Diabetes: A New Paradigm
Cooper, ID; Brookler, KH; Kyriakidou, Y; Elliott, BT; Crofts, CAPUnlike bolus insulin secretion mechanisms, basal insulin secretion is poorly understood. It is essential to elucidate these mechanisms in non-hyperinsulinaemia healthy persons. This establishes a baseline for investigation ... -
Relationships Between Hyperinsulinaemia, Magnesium, Vitamin D, Thrombosis and COVID-19: Rationale for Clinical Management
Cooper, ID; Crofts, CAP; DiNicolantonio, JJ; Malhotra, A; Elliott, B; Kyriakidou, Y; Brookler, KH (BMJ, 2020)Risk factors for COVID-19 patients with poorer outcomes include pre-existing conditions: obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease (CVD), heart failure, hypertension, low oxygen saturation capacity, cancer, ... -
Repeatability Characteristics of Insulin Response Patterns and Measures of Insulin Resistance
Crofts, CAP; Wheldon, MC; Zinn, C; Merien, F; Schofield, G (AOSIS, 2019)Background: Hyperinsulinaemia is emerging as an independent risk factor for metabolic disease, but diagnostic measures are limited. It is plausible that insulin resistance measures, such as homeostatic model assessment ... -
Sleep Architecture, Insulin Resistance and the Nasal Cycle: Implications for Positive Airway Pressure Therapy
Crofts, CAP; Neill, A; Campbell, A; Bartley, J; White, DE (AOSIS, 2018)Background: The global pandemic of metabolic disease is worsening. The metabolic theory of obesity proposes that hormonal changes, especially hyperinsulinaemia, precede metabolic disease development. Although quality sleep ...