Abstract

The aim of our study was to examine whether plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) plasma levels varied as a function of differences in glucose tolerance status independently of body fatness, body-fat distribution, and insulin sensitivity. Plasma PAI-1 antigen levels, along with insulin resistance [measured by homeostatic model assessment (HOMA(IR))], central fat accumulation, body composition, blood pressure, and fasting concentrations of glucose, insulin, and lipids, were measured in 229 overweight and obese [body mass index (BMI) > or =25 kg/m(2)) subjects with normal glucose tolerance (NGT) and in 44 age- and BMI-matched subjects with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT). Plasma PAI-1 antigen levels were significantly higher in IGT than in NGT subjects. Log PAI-1 was positively correlated with BMI, HOMA(IR), and log insulin, and inversely associated with high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol both in IGT and in NGT individuals. On the other hand, log PAI-1 was positively correlated with waist circumference, fat mass (FM), fat-free mass, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and log triglycerides only in the NGT group. After multivariate analyses, the strongest determinants of PAI-1 levels were BMI, FM, waist circumference, and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in the NGT group and only HOMA(IR) in the IGT cohort. This study demonstrates that PAI-1 concentrations are higher in IGT than in NGT subjects. Furthermore, we suggest that the influences of total adiposity, central fat, and insulin resistance, main determinants of PAI-1 concentrations, are different according to the degree of glucose tolerance.

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