Beta-cell failure rather than insulin resistance is the major cause of abnormal glucose tolerance in Africans: insight from the Africans in America study

• Thomas Hormenu,
• Christopher W DuBose,
• Lilian S Mabundo,
• Joon Ha,
• Arthur Sherman,
• Anne E Sumner,
• M C Sage Ishimwe,
• Annemarie Wentzel,
• Elyssa M Shoup,
• Nana H Osei-Tutu,
• Arielle C Patterson,
• Hadi Bagheri

Affiliations

Thomas Hormenu

NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Christopher W DuBose

1 Section on Ethnicity and Health, Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Obesity Branch, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Lilian S Mabundo

1 Section on Ethnicity and Health, Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Obesity Branch, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Joon Ha

NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Arthur Sherman

NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Anne E Sumner

1 Section on Ethnicity and Health, Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Obesity Branch, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

M C Sage Ishimwe

NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Annemarie Wentzel

NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Elyssa M Shoup

NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Nana H Osei-Tutu

NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Arielle C Patterson

NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Hadi Bagheri

Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA