Article
How to measure insulin sensitivity.
Journal of hypertension - 1 Jul 1998
Ferrannini E, Mari A
Abstract excerpt
Insulin resistance is common in the general population and tends to cluster with glucose intolerance, dyslipidaemia and high blood pressure. The importance of the insulin-resistant phenotype for the assessment of cardiovascular risk and response to intervention is increasingly being recognized. T...
Topics
- Blood Glucose
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Glucose
- Glucose Clamp Technique
- Homeostasis
- Humans
- Insulin
- Insulin Resistance
- Models, Biological
- Phenotype
- Risk Factors
