肥胖儿童伴良性黑棘皮病与胰岛素抵抗19例分析

目的　探讨肥胖儿童伴良性黑棘皮病与胰岛素抵抗及 2型糖尿病的关系。方法2 0 0 3年 6月～ 2 0 0 3年 9月 ,在我院内分泌门诊及病房就诊的体重指数 (BMI)≥ 2 5的肥胖儿童共 76例 ,对其中伴黑棘皮病皮肤改变的 19例 ( 2 5 % )均行皮肤病理活检以明确诊断 ,同时对这些患儿行空腹血糖、空腹血胰岛素水平、空腹血糖 /胰岛素比值 (FGIR)及人体测量学参数 [腰围 /臀围比值(WHR) ,全身体脂含量 (FM)、体脂百分数 (BF % )、体重指数 (BMI) ]等的检测 ,并行葡萄糖耐量试验(OGTT试验 ) ,以探讨肥胖儿童伴良性黑棘皮病与胰岛素抵抗及 2型糖尿病的关系。结果　 19例良性黑棘皮病患儿人体测量学参数包括腰围 /臀围比值 ,全身体脂含量 (FM)、体脂百分数 (BF % )、体重指数 (BMI)及空腹血胰岛素水平明显高于正常对照组 (P <0 0 1) ,空腹血糖 /胰岛素比值 (FGIR) ( 4 2 7± 0 5 3)小于 7,存在明显的胰岛素抵抗 ,其中 1例诊断为 2型糖尿病 ,10例有糖耐量异常。结论　儿童良性黑棘皮病与肥胖、高胰岛素血症 ,胰岛素抵抗及 2型糖尿病密切相关 ,是临床胰岛素抵抗的皮肤标志

Obese children with benign acanthosis nigricans and insulin resistance: analysis of 19 cases

OBJECTIVE: The prevalence of obesity and of type 2 diabetes mellitus in children have increased in the Chinese population over the past two decades, and thus diabetes prevention has become a major concern of public health agencies. Identification of individuals at risk for diabetes is an essential first step in designing and implementing intervention programs. Insulin resistance is the hallmark of the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Subjects with hyperinsulinemia and impaired glucose tolerance are well accepted as being at high risk for diabetes. Acanthosis nigricans (AN) has been proposed as a reliable marker of hyperinsulinemia, but its utility for predicting hyperinsulinemia has not been systematically evaluated in obese children. In order to further explore the relationship between obese childhood with benign acanthosis nigricans and insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus, we examined 19 obese children with benign acanthosis nigricans. METHODS: Nineteen of seventy six obese children (25%) with BMI over 25 enrolled in the Children' Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine fromJune 1st to September 1st in 2003 were studied. Skin biopsies were performed in these 19 obese children with acanthosis nigricans for final diagnosis. Levels of glucose, insulin, and glucose/insulin ratio were measured on fasting blood specimens and anthropometric parameters including waist/hip ratio, fat mass, body fat percentage and body mass index were examined. Oral glucose tolerance tests were also performed in these 19 children with benign acanthosis nigricans. RESULTS: Anthropometric parameters including waist/hip ratio, fat mass, body fat percentage and body mass index as well as fasting insulin level in acanthosis nigricans group were significantly higher than that of healthy controls (P < 0.01). Fasting glucose to insulin ratio (FGIR) of these 19 obese children with benign acanthosis nigricans was 4.27 +/- 0.53, indicating apparent insulin resistance. One of them was diagnosed as type 2 diabetes mellitus and ten of them showed impaired oral glucose tolerance. CONCLUSION: Childhood benign acanthosis nigricans is tightly associated with obesity, hyperinsulinemia, insuline resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus, and may be used as a reliable index of insulin resistance.