Triglyceride Glucose-Body Mass Index Is a Simple and Clinically Useful Surrogate Marker for Insulin Resistance in Nondiabetic Individuals

Er, Leay‐Kiaw; Wu, Semon; Chou, Hsin‐Hua; Hsu, Lung‐An; Teng, Ming‐Sheng; Sun, Yuchen; Ko, Yu‐Lin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0149731

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Triglyceride Glucose-Body Mass Index Is a Simple and Clinically Useful Surrogate Marker for Insulin Resistance in Nondiabetic Individuals

Published in PLoS ONE • Mar 1, 2016

Authors:

Leay‐Kiaw Er

Semon Wu

Hsin‐Hua Chou

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Insulin resistance (IR) and the consequences of compensatory hyperinsulinemia are pathogenic factors for a set of metabolic abnormalities, which contribute to the development of diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases. We compared traditional lipid levels and ratios and combined th...

Subject

Insulin resistance

Internal medicine

Adiponectin

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