Triglyceride glucose index as a surrogate measure of insulin sensitivity in obese adolescents with normoglycemia, prediabetes, and type 2 diabetes mellitus: comparison with the hyperinsulinemic–euglycemic clamp

Background: There is a need for simple surrogate estimates of insulin sensitivity in epidemiological studies of obese youth because the hyperinsulinemic–euglycemic clamp is not feasible on a large scale. Objective: (i) To examine the triglyceride glucose (TyG) index (Ln[fasting triglycerides (mg/dL)...

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Published in:Pediatric Diabetes
Main Author: Mohd Nor N.S.; Lee S.; Bacha F.; Tfayli H.; Arslanian S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2016
Online Access:https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85028266326&doi=10.1111%2fpedi.12303&partnerID=40&md5=2eb23ad5ad55eedac41a5c48b6aa7e49