Establishment of Reference Interval for Homeostasis Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance in Healthy Adult Males: a Pilot Study in Alexandria Governorate, Egypt

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1 Lecturer of Chemical Pathology, Medical Research Institute Teaching Hospital–Alexandria University–Egypt

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چکیده

Abstract Objective: Homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) is a simple and practical method for estimation of insulin resistance (IR), but a reliable reference interval (RI) of HOMA-IR is needed to deduce the threshold level to define IR. This RI has been controversial in different populations and even more divergent when ...