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OBJECTIVE: To describe and make available an interactive, 24-variable homeostasis model assessment (iHOMA2) that extends the HOMA2 model, enabling the modeling of physiology and treatment effects, to present equations of the HOMA2 and iHOMA2 models, and to exemplify iHOMA2 in two widely differing scenarios: changes in insulin sensitivity with thiazolidinediones and changes in renal threshold with sodium glucose transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibition. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: iHOMA2 enables a user of the available software to examine and modify the mathematical functions describing the organs and tissues involved in the glucose and hormonal compartments. We exemplify this with SGLT2 inhibition modeling (by changing the renal threshold parameters) using published data of renal effect, showing that the modeled effect is concordant with the effects on fasting glucose from independent data. RESULTS: iHOMA2 modeling of thiazolidinediones effect suggested that changes in insulin sensitivity in the fasting state are predominantly hepatic. SGLT2 inhibition modeled by iHOMA2 resulted in a decrease in mean glucose of 1.1 mmol/L. Observed data showed a decrease in glucose of 0.9 mmol/L. There was no significant difference between the model and the independent data. Manipulation of iHOMA2's renal excretion threshold variable suggested that a decrease of 17% was required to obtain a 0.9 mmol/L decrease in mean glucose. CONCLUSIONS: iHOMA2 is an extended mathematical model for the assessment of insulin resistance and β-cell function. The model can be used to evaluate therapeutic agents and predict effects on fasting glucose and insulin and on β-cell function and insulin sensitivity.

Original publication

DOI

10.2337/dc12-0607

Type

Journal article

Journal

Diabetes Care

Publication Date

08/2013

Volume

36

Pages

2324 - 2330

Keywords

Clinical Trials as Topic, Computer Simulation, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Homeostasis, Humans, Insulin, Insulin Resistance, Insulin-Secreting Cells, Models, Biological, Pioglitazone, Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2, Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors, Thiazolidinediones