Clinical and biochemical indicators of homeostasis model assessment-estimated insulin resistance in postmenopausal women | Zendy

KuanHung Lin | Zendy; TehLing Liou | Zendy; L. Hsiao | Zendy; ChiiMin Hwu | Zendy

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Clinical and biochemical indicators of homeostasis model assessment-estimated insulin resistance in postmenopausal women

Author(s) -

KuanHung Lin,

TehLing Liou,

L. Hsiao,

ChiiMin Hwu

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

journal of the chinese medical association

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535

H-Index - 42

eISSN - 1728-7731

pISSN - 1726-4901

DOI - 10.1016/j.jcma.2011.08.014

Subject(s) - insulin resistance , medicine , endocrinology , uric acid , waist , insulin , diabetes mellitus , homeostatic model assessment , body mass index

Homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) is a surrogate estimate of directly measured insulin resistance that been robustly proven to be associated with diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of several simple indicators to identify postmenopausal women with insulin resistance estimated by HOMA-IR.

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