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Calculates surrogate indices of glucagon resistance / failure of glucose-induced glucagon suppression, reflecting impaired hepatic glucagon signaling as described in the liver-alpha-cell-axis literature.

Usage

glucagon_resistance(data)

Arguments

data

A data frame containing "Glucagon0", "Glucagon120" and "I0".

Value

The input data frame with the requested index columns appended.

Details

Expected units: glucagon and insulin in a consistent molar unit (e.g. pmol/L), measured at fasting (0 min) and 120 min after a 75 g OGTT. If a required column is missing, the corresponding index is skipped with a warning.

Indices calculated:

  • Glucagon_suppression_ratio: Glucagon120 / Glucagon0. Values at or above 1 indicate failure to suppress glucagon after a glucose load, a marker of glucagon resistance.

  • Glucagon_insulin_ratio: fasting Glucagon0 / I0, reported to correlate with whole-body insulin sensitivity and beta-cell function.

References

Chen X, Maldonado E, DeFronzo RA, Tripathy D (2021). Impaired Suppression of Glucagon in Obese Subjects Parallels Decline in Insulin Sensitivity and Beta-Cell Function. J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 106(5), 1398-1409. doi:10.1210/clinem/dgab019

Examples

data(example_data)
glucagon_resistance(example_data)
#>      G0   G30 G120    I0   I30  I120 sex  bmi Glucagon0 Glucagon30 Glucagon120
#> 1  5.71  8.39 5.59  56.4 283.5 171.5   0 19.3      3.33       2.58        3.72
#> 2  5.06  8.45 6.31  39.7 153.9 115.1   0 29.4     13.71      10.10        6.92
#> 3  4.59  7.85 6.16  87.5 512.8 257.1   0 26.6      6.28       4.27        4.58
#> 4  5.29  7.72 7.01  71.7 390.1  67.7   1 21.4     11.36       8.71        8.77
#> 5  5.13  8.27 5.78  31.3 182.5  90.7   0 31.0     11.98       8.02        9.56
#> 6  5.20  9.56 5.12  52.9 374.3 155.3   1 27.7      9.40       7.17        9.05
#> 7  5.39  8.95 8.11  41.6 291.2 104.8   1 24.8      8.06       5.92        8.85
#> 8  5.01  8.24 5.79  42.4 221.1 172.1   1 29.6     10.50       6.71        9.53
#> 9  5.52  8.38 5.68  78.8 546.2 129.9   0 29.5     11.32       8.90       12.30
#> 10 5.09  6.65 6.01  72.5 296.1 171.5   0 29.3     12.65       9.67       12.55
#> 11 5.37  9.48 6.33  51.8 264.2 135.8   1 28.8      3.84       2.48        2.26
#> 12 5.75  7.78 8.28  38.2 218.7 125.8   1 28.2      5.09       3.91        3.05
#> 13 5.42  9.21 6.72  77.9 553.7 165.6   1 25.8     14.29      10.40        8.92
#> 14 5.04  9.77 7.14  67.1 384.5  77.4   0 24.8     13.14       9.65       10.27
#> 15 5.77  7.81 6.37  30.5 182.8  93.6   1 24.5     11.31       9.61        6.30
#> 16 5.70  9.46 7.16  50.9 239.6  90.9   0 23.2     12.15       9.91        7.84
#> 17 5.47  8.46 6.28  25.9 179.0  54.8   1 25.2     12.75       9.40       11.12
#> 18 5.32  7.26 6.63  27.7 141.1  41.6   0 20.9      2.02       1.53        1.54
#> 19 4.89  6.88 5.02  23.1  74.8  42.5   0 34.7     13.33       8.97       11.56
#> 20 5.88  7.80 5.51  46.5 294.4 134.0   0 30.8      8.55       5.32        8.89
#> 21 4.90  7.68 8.50  27.0 179.6  72.7   0 21.5     10.69       7.67        9.81
#> 22 6.29  8.32 8.21  57.1 293.8  98.1   1 24.4      9.11       5.50        6.87
#> 23 5.97  9.72 5.67  98.9 619.9 295.7   0 24.1     12.62      10.86       12.13
#> 24 5.08  9.96 5.55  52.9 189.4 185.1   0 29.1      8.95       8.04        5.11
#> 25 4.69  6.86 4.47  49.0 226.9 113.8   0 25.7     11.56       9.39        7.84
#> 26 4.84  8.67 8.68  52.4 334.8 102.3   0 27.0      8.83       7.49        7.82
#> 27 5.33  9.15 8.10  78.0 362.8 133.6   1 25.9      6.72       5.83        4.06
#> 28 5.08  8.55 5.96  47.2 246.4  24.7   1 25.8     13.63      10.38       14.38
#> 29 5.03  7.42 6.88  56.1 272.9 144.8   0 31.5     12.22       9.37       12.84
#> 30 4.72  7.82 5.42  89.7 607.9 231.0   1 25.1     15.17      10.36       12.30
#> 31 5.18  8.16 5.81 121.9 542.2 314.1   0 32.1     10.20       8.14       10.23
#> 32 4.81  8.46 5.06  97.3 628.3 307.7   1 19.8     13.38       9.01        9.26
#> 33 4.37  7.27 4.86  51.9 224.1 117.2   0 28.3     15.93      10.94        8.64
#> 34 5.01  8.99 8.19  71.0 365.7 141.2   1 26.5      9.16       7.46        7.20
#> 35 5.66  8.56 6.80  79.6 457.3 203.7   1 26.9      6.03       4.93        4.83
#> 36 4.91  8.95 6.25  41.8 159.8 107.9   0 27.5      9.28       6.05        6.70
#> 37 5.50  7.86 6.99  79.9 321.3 197.4   0 24.0      9.36       6.48        5.81
#> 38 4.39  6.58 7.07  72.2 524.2 168.9   0 24.7     10.46       7.44        8.68
#> 39 5.17 10.96 5.75  27.1 116.0 119.5   0 21.9     15.14       9.44        7.76
#> 40 5.46  8.33 5.47  48.4 298.6  86.8   1 21.7      9.02       7.34        9.05
#> 41 5.35  8.79 8.56  59.2 397.5 138.7   0 27.2     11.12       8.51        9.61
#> 42 5.25  8.96 5.92  56.8 338.0 103.3   1 27.8      9.32       5.97        8.55
#> 43 4.88  7.69 5.21  65.5 461.1 183.9   1 26.2     10.06       8.98        8.09
#> 44 4.78  8.39 4.50  55.6 238.0 163.6   0 29.7     10.94       8.41        7.46
#> 45 4.69  8.19 4.35  22.8 152.3  82.0   0 34.2     13.98      11.69       11.18
#> 46 5.26  8.29 5.77  37.1 195.4  95.9   0 24.0     10.36       8.85       10.52
#> 47 4.73  7.98 6.67  48.9 360.8 139.8   0 16.8     12.14      10.48       10.69
#> 48 4.95  8.12 7.48  86.8 441.2 248.8   1 30.0     12.34      10.37        9.34
#> 49 5.07  9.97 7.12  90.2 385.2 172.7   0 23.2     12.74      10.09       13.09
#> 50 6.12  8.73 6.88  50.6 263.2 123.0   0 23.2      8.28       6.53        5.85
#>    Glucagon_suppression_ratio Glucagon_insulin_ratio
#> 1                   1.1171171             0.05904255
#> 2                   0.5047411             0.34534005
#> 3                   0.7292994             0.07177143
#> 4                   0.7720070             0.15843794
#> 5                   0.7979967             0.38274760
#> 6                   0.9627660             0.17769376
#> 7                   1.0980149             0.19375000
#> 8                   0.9076190             0.24764151
#> 9                   1.0865724             0.14365482
#> 10                  0.9920949             0.17448276
#> 11                  0.5885417             0.07413127
#> 12                  0.5992141             0.13324607
#> 13                  0.6242127             0.18344031
#> 14                  0.7815830             0.19582712
#> 15                  0.5570292             0.37081967
#> 16                  0.6452675             0.23870334
#> 17                  0.8721569             0.49227799
#> 18                  0.7623762             0.07292419
#> 19                  0.8672168             0.57705628
#> 20                  1.0397661             0.18387097
#> 21                  0.9176801             0.39592593
#> 22                  0.7541164             0.15954466
#> 23                  0.9611727             0.12760364
#> 24                  0.5709497             0.16918715
#> 25                  0.6782007             0.23591837
#> 26                  0.8856172             0.16851145
#> 27                  0.6041667             0.08615385
#> 28                  1.0550257             0.28877119
#> 29                  1.0507365             0.21782531
#> 30                  0.8108108             0.16911929
#> 31                  1.0029412             0.08367514
#> 32                  0.6920777             0.13751285
#> 33                  0.5423729             0.30693642
#> 34                  0.7860262             0.12901408
#> 35                  0.8009950             0.07575377
#> 36                  0.7219828             0.22200957
#> 37                  0.6207265             0.11714643
#> 38                  0.8298279             0.14487535
#> 39                  0.5125495             0.55867159
#> 40                  1.0033259             0.18636364
#> 41                  0.8642086             0.18783784
#> 42                  0.9173820             0.16408451
#> 43                  0.8041750             0.15358779
#> 44                  0.6819013             0.19676259
#> 45                  0.7997139             0.61315789
#> 46                  1.0154440             0.27924528
#> 47                  0.8805601             0.24826176
#> 48                  0.7568882             0.14216590
#> 49                  1.0274725             0.14124169
#> 50                  0.7065217             0.16363636