Comparison of various steady state surrogate insulin resistance indices in diagnosing metabolic syndrome

Abstract Background Insulin resistance is core cause of metabolic syndrome. Determining insulin resistance is one of the foremost requirements imperative to understanding the pathophysiology of disease. The gold standard “Euglycaemic clamp test” is cumbersome, long and non-feasible in routine clinic...

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Main Authors: Sikandar Hayat Khan, Ali Nawaz Khan, Nayyer Chaudhry, Roomana Anwar, Nadeem Fazal, Muhammad Tariq
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13098-019-0439-5