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Is “Leptin Resistance” Another Key Resistance to Manage Type 2 Diabetes?
(Bentham Science Publishers, 2020)
Although novel pharmacological options for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) have been observed to modulate the functionality of several key organs in glucose homeostasis, successful regulation of insulin resistance (IR), body weight management, and pharmacological treatment of obesity remain notable problems in endocrinology. Leptin may be a pivotal player in this scenario, as an adipokine which centrally regulates appetite and energy balance. In obesity, excessive caloric intake promotes a low-grade inflammatory response, which ...
Optimal cutoff for the evaluation of insulin resistance through triglyceride-glucose index: A cross-sectional study in a Venezuelan population [version 1; referees: awaiting peer review]
(F1000 Research Ltd., 2017-08-07)
Background: Insulin resistance (IR) evaluation is a fundamental goal in clinical
and epidemiological research. However, the most widely used methods are
difficult to apply to populations with low incomes. The triglyceride-glucose index
(TGI) emerges as an alternative to use in daily clinical practice. Therefore the
objective of this study was to determine an optimal cutoff point for the TGI in an
adult population from Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Methods: This is a sub-study of Maracaibo City Metabolic Syndrome
Prevalence Study, a descriptive, ...