K. G. M. M. Alberti

TL;DR: A WHO Consultation has taken place in parallel with a report by an American Diabetes Association Expert Committee to re‐examine diagnostic criteria and classification of diabetes mellitus and is hoped that the new classification will allow better classification of individuals and lead to fewer therapeutic misjudgements.

TL;DR: The metabolic syndrome may contribute to the biological explanation of social inequalities in coronary risk, and health related behaviours appear to account for little of the social patterning of metabolic syndrome prevalence.

TL;DR: Low birthweight is not related to glucose intolerance at 10–11 years, but may be related to the early development of insulin resistance, however, in contemporary children obesity is a stronger determinant of insulin level and insulin resistance than size at birth.

TL;DR: The results suggest that the ITT is a suitable method of assessing insulin sensitivity and will be particularly useful in epidemiological studies, although the requirement for arterialized blood adds a measure of complexity.

TL;DR: The results suggest that suppression of secretion of growth hormone in untreated OSA results in impaired lipolysis, which is rapidly reversed by nasal CPAP.