Abstract

The Insulin Resistance and Atherosclerosis Study (IRAS) is a multicenter study of the relationship between insulin resistance and cardiovascular disease (CVD) and its risk factors in a tri-ethnic (African-American, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic white) population aged 40 to 69 years at baseline. The study population was selected to insure adequate numbers of participants within gender and glucose tolerance groups (normoglycemia, impaired glucose tolerance, and non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus [NIDDM]). IRAS is the first large epidemiologic study to include detailed measurements of insulin sensitivity and secretion. During the first four years of funding, the IRAS investigators successfully designed and implemented the first phase of the study--a cross-sectional evaluation of 1,625 participants. The current proposal requests an additional five years of funding for the prospective follow-up and reexamination of the IRAS cohort. The requested funding period consists of three phases. During the first phase (Y05 and Y06), the investigators propose to conduct a substudy to address the measurement of insulin sensitivity in individuals with NIDDM. This substudy will evaluate several alternate techniques for measuring insulin sensitivity in approximately 115 non-IRAS volunteers with NIDDM. In addition, all IRAS participants will be contacted annually for incident cardiovascular and other major health events. During the second phase (Y07 and Y08), a follow-up examination of the IRAS cohort will be conducted with the goal of determining predictors of changes in insulin sensitivity, cardiovascular risk factors, measures of atherosclerosis development, and incident cardiovascular events. Additionally, throughout the first four years (Y05-Y08), there will be continued major effort devoted to the analysis and reporting of the cross-sectional data from the first IRAS examination. The final phase (Y09) will include database closure and archival, and analysis and reporting of the longitudinal results.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Type
Research Project--Cooperative Agreements (U01)
Project #
5U01HL047887-08
Application #
2771312
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZHL1-CCT-H (S1))
Project Start
1991-09-30
Project End
2000-08-31
Budget Start
1998-09-01
Budget End
1999-08-31
Support Year
8
Fiscal Year
1998
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Department
Public Health & Prev Medicine
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
041418799
City
Winston-Salem
State
NC
Country
United States
Zip Code
27106

  Publications

Lorenzo, C; Hanley, A J; Rewers, M J et al. (2016) Discriminatory value of alanine aminotransferase for diabetes prediction: the Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Study. Diabet Med 33:348-55
Dickson, J C; Liese, A D; Lorenzo, C et al. (2015) Associations of coffee consumption with markers of liver injury in the insulin resistance atherosclerosis study. BMC Gastroenterol 15:88
Lorenzo, Carlos; Hanley, Anthony J; Rewers, Marian J et al. (2015) Lipoprotein heterogeneity may help to detect individuals with insulin resistance. Diabetologia 58:2765-73
Gao, Chuan; Wang, Nan; Guo, Xiuqing et al. (2015) A Comprehensive Analysis of Common and Rare Variants to Identify Adiposity Loci in Hispanic Americans: The IRAS Family Study (IRASFS). PLoS One 10:e0134649
Sharma, Poonam R; Mackey, Aaron J; Dejene, Eden A et al. (2015) An Islet-Targeted Genome-Wide Association Scan Identifies Novel Genes Implicated in Cytokine-Mediated Islet Stress in Type 2 Diabetes. Endocrinology 156:3147-56
Wessel, Jennifer; Chu, Audrey Y; Willems, Sara M et al. (2015) Low-frequency and rare exome chip variants associate with fasting glucose and type 2 diabetes susceptibility. Nat Commun 6:5897
Palmer, Nicholette D; Goodarzi, Mark O; Langefeld, Carl D et al. (2015) Genetic Variants Associated With Quantitative Glucose Homeostasis Traits Translate to Type 2 Diabetes in Mexican Americans: The GUARDIAN (Genetics Underlying Diabetes in Hispanics) Consortium. Diabetes 64:1853-66
Ng, Maggie C Y; Shriner, Daniel; Chen, Brian H et al. (2014) Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in African Americans provides insights into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes. PLoS Genet 10:e1004517
Lorenzo, Carlos; Hanley, Anthony J; Haffner, Steven M (2014) Differential white cell count and incident type 2 diabetes: the Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Study. Diabetologia 57:83-92
Santaren, Ingrid D; Watkins, Steven M; Liese, Angela D et al. (2014) Serum pentadecanoic acid (15:0), a short-term marker of dairy food intake, is inversely associated with incident type 2 diabetes and its underlying disorders. Am J Clin Nutr 100:1532-40

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