The Effect of Prednisolone on Glucose Tolerance in Respect to Age and Family History of Diabetes Mellitus

Serum Lipids and Glucose Tolerance in Subjects with a Family History of Diabetes Mellitus

“…The decrease of glucose tolerance with increasing age has been demonstrated by several investigators (8,19,20) and it has been suggested that different criteria for the interpretation of a glucose tolerance test should be adopted for persons over the age of 45 (28). I t can, however, also be postulated that the diabetic trend is much more common among older nondiabetic relatives of diabetic patients than heretofore believed and that a large number of such persons are able to resist successfully the development of diabetes although the ability of the #I-cells to respond to further stimulation is limited (8).…”