Growth hormone and insulin cells in type 2 diabetes risk
Part of Hormones & metabolism clinical trials.
This study looks at how growth hormone affects insulin-making cells in people at risk for type 2 diabetes. It may help explain why some people with a family history of diabetes develop the condition.
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Who can take part
- You are between 18 and 59 years old
- Your body mass index (BMI) is between 30.0 and 44.9
- You have a parent or sibling with type 2 diabetes (for one study group) OR you do not have such a family history (for the control group)
- You do not have diabetes yourself (type 1 or type 2)
- You are not pregnant, planning pregnancy, or breastfeeding
- You have not had weight loss surgery or used certain diabetes drugs like Ozempic recently
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