Comparison of insulin resistance by indirect methods - HOMA, QUICKI and McAuley - with fasting insulin in patients with type 2 diabetes in Galle, Sri Lanka: A pilot study

Background: To investigate importance of fasting insulin (FI) as a diagnostic test for insulin resistance (IR) and to compare with other standard methods McAuley (McA), HOMA and QUICKI indices in Diabetes Mellitus (DM). Method: 42 diabetic patients who have been already diagnosed were used in our s...

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Main Authors: Lukshmy M. Hettihewa, Shalika Palangasinghe, Sudheera S. Jayasinghe, Sudari W. Gunasekara, Thilak P. Weerarathna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Light House Polyclinic Mangalore 2006-07-01
Series:Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.ojhas.org/issue17/2006-1-2.htm