efficiency of tissue glucose uptake.
Halter et al. (1985) argue that even if fasting insulin
levels are comparable between type 2 diabetics and
normal subjects, insulin secretion is markedly impaired
in type 2 diabetics in relation to the degree of
hyperglycemia present. Furthermore, the degree of
fasting hyperglycemia in a given patient with noninsulin-dependent
diabetes mellitus is closely related to
the degree of impaired pancreatic beta-cell
responsiveness to glucose