Abstract
The relationship between insulin sensitivity and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) peak particle size was examined in 104 clinically healthy 58-year-old men recruited from the general population. Insulin sensitivity was measured by the euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp method with adjustment for lean body mass. LDL peak particle size was determined by gradient gel electrophoresis, and insulin, proinsulin, and 32,33 split proinsulin were determined by 2-site immunoradiometric assays. The results showed that 16 subjects (15%) had pattern B, with a predominance of small LDL particles. These cases and a small LDL peak particle size were characterized by the features of the insulin resistance syndrome, ie, general and central obesity, elevated diastolic blood pressure, low serum concentrations of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and apolipoprotein A1 (apoA1), increases in serum triglycerides and circulating insulin peptides, and low insulin-mediated glucose uptake. The correlation between insulin sensitivity and LDL peak particle size was significant (r = .33, P = .001) and independent of obesity. In a traditional multiple regression analysis, LDL peak particle size was independently associated not with insulin-mediated glucose uptake but with circulating triglycerides and HDL cholesterol, which together explained 67% of the variability in LDL particle size (P = .000). Of all insulin peptides, only proinsulin showed an independent relation to LDL peak particle size, but it disappeared after adjustment for other variables. We conclude that a small LDL particle size was associated with insulin resistance among these clinically healthy men, but this was not independent of serum triglycerides and HDL cholesterol. Serum proinsulin was more directly related to LDL particle size than insulin.
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