ACTH stimulation test in lean polycystic ovary syndrome patients with insulin resistance

What Was Tested

This controlled clinical trial paper looks at ACTH (Corticotropin) in the context of insulin resistance, prediabetes & type 2 diabetes.

Who Took Part

According to the abstract, 20 patients were involved.

By PubMed's age tags, the people studied were adults, women only.

Twenty nonobese PCOS syndrome patients with insulin resistance and a body mass index-matched control group of 20 nonobese PCOS patients without insulin resistance.

How the Study Was Run

University hospital ambulatory care unit.

A 75-g oral glucose tolerance test and an ACTH stimulation test.

What Was Measured

The subject headings attached to it are 17-alpha-Hydroxyprogesterone, Adrenocorticotropic Hormone, Blood Glucose, Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Glucose Tolerance Test and Hyperinsulinism.

What This Means in Plain Language

This is a controlled clinical trial of ACTH (Corticotropin) in 20 patients in people with insulin resistance, prediabetes & type 2 diabetes.

With fewer than 40 people, it is a small study, so it is better read as an early signal for further research than as a settled answer.

Its findings take up roughly 6 sentences of the abstract and are left out here on purpose; the source paper is the place to read them.

The publication is from 2007 (Fertility and sterility), a journal based in United States.

More context: the ACTH (Corticotropin) compound page, Insulin resistance, prediabetes & type 2 diabetes research.