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Article: Waist circumference: a predictive tool for insulin resistance.
- Article from:
- Journal of Diabetes Nursing
- Article date:
- November 1, 2005
- Author:
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Introduction
Insulin resistance is a crucial component in the development of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and the metabolic syndrome (Reaven, 1988; Lebovitz, 2001; Hedblad et al, 2002). As the best determinants of insulin resistance are uncertain, the authors investigated simple non-invasive tools that can be used in practice to measure insulin resistance with the aim of identifying those at increased risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and the metabolic syndrome. The incidence of these conditions is increasing, but total population screening is neither time- nor cost-effective (Department of Health, 2001). This article highlights the ...
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