EVALUATING INSULIN RESISTANCE IN CHILDREN: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF MINIMAL MODELS

EVALUATING INSULIN RESISTANCE IN CHILDREN: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF MINIMAL MODELS

Childhood obesity has followed, during the last two decades, an ascending trend. Insulin resistance (IR) is central to the pathophysiology of obesity. So far, several methods of assessing IR have been proposed. We aimed to evaluate critically some of the simplest methods used to assess IR in the p...

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Main Authors: Corina Pienar, Ramona Stroescu, Adela Chirita-Emandi, Andreea Dobrescu, Maria Puiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Amaltea Medical Publishing House 2014-03-01
Series:Romanian Journal of Pediatrics
Subjects:
homeostatic model
oral glucose tolerance test
quantitative insulin sensitivity check index
insulin resistance
insulin sensitivity
impaired glucose tolerance
children.
Online Access:https://revistemedicale.amaltea.ro/Romanian_Journal_of_PEDIATRICS/Revista_Romana_de_PEDIATRIE-2014-Nr.1/EN/RJP_2014_1_EN_Art-06.pdf

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