How can we measure insulin sensitivity/resistance?

Volume: 37, Issue: 3, Pages: 179 - 188
Published: Jun 1, 2011
Abstract
Insulin resistance represents a major public health problem, as it plays a major role in the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes mellitus; it is also associated with increased cardiovascular risk and atherogenic dyslipidaemia, and is a central component of the cluster of metabolic abnormalities that comprise the metabolic syndrome. Thus, the development of tools to quantify insulin sensitivity/resistance has been the main objective of a number of...
Paper Details
Title
How can we measure insulin sensitivity/resistance?
Published Date
Jun 1, 2011
Volume
37
Issue
3
Pages
179 - 188
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