The Claim
In young adults who are lean, have class 1 obesity, or have controlled type 1 diabetes, there is no significant sex difference in insulin-mediated changes in muscle microvascular blood volume (ΔMBV) or in insulin-mediated glucose disposal (M-value) after adjusting for lean body mass, indicating that microvascular and metabolic insulin responses are comparable between males and females when body composition is accounted for.
What the research says
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In young adults — whether they're lean, mildly overweight, or have well-controlled type 1 diabetes — men and women respond to insulin in similar ways in their muscles and blood flow when body size and muscle mass are taken into account.
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In young adults who are lean, have class 1 obesity, or controlled type 1 diabetes, there is no significant sex difference in insulin-mediated changes in muscle microvascular blood volume (ΔMBV) (p = 0.27) or in insulin-mediated glucose disposal (M-value) after correction for lean body mass, indicating that microvascular and metabolic insulin responses are similar between males and females when body composition is accounted for.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: Insulin-mediated muscle microvascular perfusion and its phenotypic predictors in humans
The study looked at how insulin affects blood flow and glucose use in muscles and found that men and women respond similarly when body type is taken into account.
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