The Product of Fasting Glucose and Triglycerides As Surrogate for Identifying Insulin Resistance in Apparently Healthy Subjects

E. Simental‐Mendía, Luis; Rodríguez‐Morán, Martha; Guerrero‐Romero, Fernando

doi:10.1089/met.2008.0034

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The Product of Fasting Glucose and Triglycerides As Surrogate for Identifying Insulin Resistance in Apparently Healthy Subjects

Published in Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders • Dec 1, 2008

Authors:

Luis E. Simental‐Mendía

Martha Rodríguez‐Morán

Fernando Guerrero‐Romero

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Because the insulin test is expensive and is not available in most laboratories in the cities of undeveloped countries, we tested whether the product of fasting triglycerides and glucose levels (TyG) is a surrogate for estimating insulin resistance compared with the homeostasis model ass...

Subject

Medicine

Insulin resistance

Impaired fasting glucose

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