In research reported online in the Journal of Clinical Investigation on February 14, Joslin clinical researchers, led by Dr. Allison Goldfine, took tiny samples of muscles from three categories of people: some who were healthy, some with a family history of diabetes who showed
signs of insulin resistance although their blood glucose levels were normal, and some with full - blown type 2 diabetes.
The term Syndrome X was coined in 1988 by a Stanford University endocrinologist,
although the cluster
of signs and symptoms that distinguish it had previously been referred to as metabolic syndrome or
insulin -
resistance syndrome.