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Nature Reviews Endocrinology 2, 247–248 (1 May 2006) | doi:10.1038/ncpendmet0153

Proinsulin as a predictor of development of type 2 diabetes in obese children

Jim Casey

Kamoda T et al. (2006) The serum levels of proinsulin and their relationship with IGFBP-1 in obese children. Diabetes Obes Metab 8: 192–196 A high serum proinsulin level and a low insulin-like-growth-factor-binding protein 1 (IGFBP-1) level are predictors of cardiovascular disease and diabetes in obese adults, but little evidence exists of the influence of these factors on children.