The Disposition Index, the product of the insulin sensitivity index (S I ) and the acute insulin response to glucose, is linked in African-Americans to chromosome 11q. This link was determined with S I calculated with the nonlinear regression approach to the minimal model and data from the ReducedSampled-Insulin-Modified-Frequently-Sampled-Intravenous-Glucose-Tolerance-Test (ReducedSample-IM-FSIGT). However, the application of the nonlinear regression approach to calculate S I using data from the Reduced-Sample-IM-FSIGT has been challenged as being not only inaccurate but also having a high failure rate in insulin-resistant subjects. Our goal was to determine the accuracy and failure rate of the Reduced-Sample-IM-FSIGT using the nonlinear regression approach to the minimal model. With S I from the Full-Sample-IM-FISGT considered the standard and using the nonlinear regression approach to the minimal model, we compared the agreement between S I from the Full and Reduced-Sample-IM-FSIGT protocols. One hundred African-Americans, (BMI 31.3 ±7.6 kg/m 2 (mean±SD), range 19.0-56.9 kg/m 2 ) had FSIGTs. Glucose (0.3g/kg) was given at baseline. Insulin was infused from 20 to 25 minutes (total insulin dose 0.02U/kg). For the FullSample-IM-FSIGT, S I was calculated based on the glucose and insulin samples taken at -1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6,7,8,10,12,14,16,19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 120, 150, 180. For the Reduced-Sample-FSIGT, S I was calculated based on the timepoints which appear in bold. Agreement was determined by Spearman correlation, concordance and the Bland-Altman method. In addition, for both protocols, the population was divided into tertiles of S I . Insulin resistance was defined by the lowest tertile of S I from the Full-Sample-IM-FSIGT. The distribution of subjects across tertiles was compared by rank order and kappa statistic. We found that the rate of failure of resolution of S I by the Reduced-Sample-IM-FSIGT was 3%(3/100). For the remaining 97 subjects, S I for the Full and Reduced-Sample-IM-FSIGT were: 3.76±2.41 L.mU -1 .min -1 , range 0.58-14.50 and 4.29±2.89 L.mU -1 .min -1 , range 0.52-14.42, relative error 21±18%, Spearman r=0.97, concordance 0.94, (both P<0.001). After log transformation the Bland Altman limits of agreement were: -0.29 and 0.53. The exact agreement for distribution of the population in the insulin-resistant tertile versus the insulin-sensitive tertiles was 92%, kappa 0.82±0.06. Using the nonlinear regression approach and data from the Reduced-Sample-IM-FSIGT in subjects with a wide range of insulin Corresponding Author: Anne E. Sumner, MD, NIDDK, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892-1612, Phone: 301-402-4240, FAX: 301-435-5873, e-mail: AnneS@intra.niddk.nih.gov. Publisher's Disclaimer: This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it i...