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A Comparison of European and Chinese Blood Sugar Responses

Conditions
Diabetes
Registration Number
NCT02577874
Lead Sponsor
Small Changes
Brief Summary

This study is designed to compare the responses to an oral glucose challenge between people of European and Chinese heritage (essential participants in the European arm must have tow European parents and likewise for the Chinese participants).

Detailed Description

100 participants (50 European and 50 Chinese) will attend a lab after an overnight fast and have a capillary finger-prick blood test to assess fasted blood glucose levels and then consume a 50 gram glucose solution. Blood test will be repeated at 15, 30, 45, 60, 90 and 120 minutes post consumption of the glucose solution. This test will be repeated on a spate occasion at least a week later than the first test. Participants will only take part in the experiment after singing informed consent and agreeing to take part in the study and after a medical screening questionnaire assessing that they are non-diabetic or haemophiliac or have blood born infections.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria
  • European ethnicity
  • Chinese ethnicity
  • age 19-59 years
Exclusion Criteria
  • diabetics
  • serious blood born infection
  • haemophilia

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Blood sugar response measured by 7 finger prick blood samples2 hours

7 finger prick blood samples

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sheffield Hallam Univeristy Food and Nutrition laboratory

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Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

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