Diabetes mellitus is infrequent in Athabaskan Indians in Alaska; this population has a high tolerance to a glucose load. In these respects, Athabaskans resemble Alaskan Eskimos. These two groups experience similar environmental stresses but are of quite different ethnic origin.
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